Here Is What Happens To Your Body When You Exercise

There are few things that in your life that changes once you start exercising. If, you are someone who hasn’t worked out for a while, here is what you need to know before you get started. Here are few in many incredible ways your body changes when you exercise;

1.    You feel sore

     Feeling sore after workout a feel like an accomplishment, it’s a physical proof that you got your muscles working. But, of course, muscle soreness can also be uncomfortable, especially the first time you exercise after not working out for a while. Exercise makes little tears in your muscles, which the body has to build and repair. That’s how muscle growth happens.

2.    Your brain chemistry changes

     Getting your heart rate up improves blood flow to the brain, which helps your brain function better, especially when it comes to memory. One recent Harvard study found that exercise also increases the size of the hippocampus, the part of the brain associated with memory and learning, and that doing just 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day was enough to help prevent the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's.

3.    The feeling good starts coming

     The good workout can cause the shift in the hormones floating around your body. As Elle Woods once famously said, "Exercise gives your endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people don't kill their husbands." Indeed, she's right. Your brain perceives exercise as stress, and puts you into "flight or fight" mode. It releases endorphins, a chemical that is to block feelings of fear or pain. If you're on the treadmill, as opposed to being attacked, this results in a feeling of euphoria. Studies have shown, however, that working out 3 times a week isn't good enough to make that happy feeling last; you need to schedule in a 20-minute work-out every day in order to benefit from this mood boost.

4.    You build up muscles

      When you workout, you make tiny tears I your muscle fibers. These tears are then repaired a built upon, resulting in a stronger connective tissue and stronger muscles. Certain types of exercise result in an increase in muscle mass called muscle hypertrophy, which occurs when individual muscle cell expands

5.    Calories get burned

     This is kind of obvious, but the way in which it happens is not. Turns out, what we call "burning calories" is actually your body breaking food down into ATP (adenosine triphosphate), then converts it into ADP (adenosine diphosphate).

6.   And afterwards? You shut down

     Studies have shown that people who exercise for at least 30 minutes a day had 65% more quality in their sleep than those who did not. Although research is still being done on the connection, it is believed that it has something to do with the drop in your body temperature after you're done, along with the way in which it de-stresses your body, can help you fall asleep faster and get through the night with fewer disturbances. Given that sleeping well is crucial to your health, not to mention a great way of losing weight without doing anything at all, exercising and sleeping are parts of the wellness cycle.