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Benefits of walking for the elderly
Human muscles need a constant supply of nutrients and oxygen. People who work and study at their desks for a long time will not be able to exercise , will cause muscle hypoxia, lead to muscle soreness, weakness, and lack of energy. This is a modern hazard to human beings. healthy 's archenemy. Obesity, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease , diabetes, stone disease, etc., are all related to lack of exercise.
Walking outdoors in a place with fresh air is an easy and popular form of exercise. Especially for mental workers and middle school students elderly and suffer from chronic sexually transmitted diseases For people, walking is a good way to enhance physical fitness and restore health. Walking for one hour at a normal speed of 60 to 70 meters per minute consumes the same amount of calories as jogging for 20 minutes; middle-aged and elderly people walking at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour for one or two hours can increase metabolism by 48%; the oxygen inhaled through walking is 2 to 3 times more than that inhaled while sitting.
Walking mainly involves the activities of the joint muscles of the lower limbs. As the saying goes “legs age first when people age”, it can be seen that mobility of legs and feet is more important for the elderly. Walking for the elderly can exercise the muscles and joints of the lower limbs, which can prevent muscle atrophy, reduce or delay bone hyperplasia, and maintain joint flexibility. Walking can promote blood in the lower limbs to flow upward to the heart, which is beneficial to blood circulation throughout the body.
1. It can maintain the flexibility of joints and at the same time enhance the tension and elasticity of waist muscles and ligaments. It is a good way to prevent premature stiffness of limbs.
2. Beneficial to the cardiovascular system. It can accelerate blood circulation, increase the tension of blood vessels, and wash away sediments on the blood vessel walls, which can effectively prevent various cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis.
3. It can cause periodic contraction of muscles throughout the body, help blood and lymph circulation, accelerate metabolic processes, and improve body immunity.
4. It can greatly improve the labor rate of brain and intelligence, help change the impatience personality, and enhance the ability to adapt to various environments and things.
5. It is a safe and cost-effective weight loss therapy for obese elderly people. Experts have calculated that if the speed is 5.3 kilometers per hour, 4.8 calories can be consumed per minute.
