LAS CRUCES – While scientists and doctors are still running to perceive the virus that causes COVID-19, the pandemic has also had many indirect effects on the fitness of other people running remotely in isolation.
Researchers from Australia and the United States, which added New Mexico State University, recently co-wrote an article for the International Journal of Sports Sciences that provides tips for expanding physical activity, which will gain benefits only for physical health, but also for intellectual health.
Joseph Berning, acting director of the Department of Kinesiology and Dance at NMSU School of Education, co-wrote “COVID-19: Sedentary Isolation: A Bad Combination. “The article states that before the COVID-19 virus outbreak a pandemic was declared in March through the World Health Organization, other people were already basically living in sedentary lifestyles.
“While other people have pieces of training equipment at home, most don’t and end up raising cabin fever while staying home,” Berning said. “It may seem that the walls tighten around you, which can be tense in itself. Often, unfortunately, when boredom or tension discovers their way into our lives, we have an end to overeating. Before you knew it, you increased between 5 and 10 pounds of fat, the exact opposite of smart fitness. “
Berning and the co-authors of the article have reveled in higher education and studies on the body structure of clinical training and implemented for approximately 3 decades each. Berning stated that he and his colleagues had followed fitness and wellness as a way of life and that training component of their overall daily routine.
“When COVID-19 was installed, nothing was replaced for each of us and our educational routines,” Berning said. “In fact, because many of us paint from home, we find that maybe we are just improving education. “
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However, Berning and his colleagues had to adapt to having more time in front of their computers, as online meetings are the norm.
“Online it hasn’t made things any less difficult and you can argue that the Web has actually created more meetings and therefore reduced our physical movement,” Berning said. “I confess that I stand behind a computer from morning to night, and occasionally seven days a week. I know the only way to fight this is to force you out and move.
According to the article, it has been identified that social isolation has a profound effect on fitness and longevity. Anxiety, depression, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, among other intellectual fitness problems, are related to social isolation. Blood pressure, obesity and weakened immune systems are also aggravated by social isolation.
“Our body was designed to work, be active and move,” Berning said. “We know that compared to positive health, other people who exercise longer, are less at risk for health, suffer fewer days of poor health a year. “sleep more, perform more at school, reduce tension and maintain a higher quality of life. “
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Berning said that once other people adopt physical exercise as a lifestyle, getting up for exercise is not a “forced” activity, but welcome.
“This study is so vital because it reminds us all that we will have to keep moving forward,” said Henrietta Pichon, interim dean of the Faculty of Education. “I hope this can serve as a reminder to Americans that now is the productive time to start or resume an exercise routine. “
The article gives the following for physical activity:
“At the end of the day: don’t make excuses, ” said Berning. “Get up and get up from the chair or sofa several times a day, even for 10 minutes at a time. This is not the best exercise recipe, about physical activity and the physical and intellectual fitness benefits associated with human movement.
Phillip Post, Acting Associate Dean of Academics at the Faculty of Education, said the paintings and recommendations made in the article through Berning and his colleagues are more than ever.
“Currently, there is no medication that can do what exercise can do for mood and mind,” Post said. “We know that exercise improves the immune system, cognitive functioning, physiological functioning and emotional well-being. Given COVID-19, we may all get the benefits of moving more and incorporating normal exercise into our routine. I hope that our network will read and adopt Dr. Berning’s recommendations for physical activity. “
“EYE ON RESEARCH” is provided through New Mexico State University. This week’s feature film written through Adriana M. Chavez of University Communications. Se can contact Adriana M. Chavez at 575-646-1957 or by email to adchavez@nmsu. edu.
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