Does working out give you energy?

The benefits of working out are really real. I am guilty of this. Occasionally I don't work out and that is not good for my health. Exercise makes you feel better, think more clearly, and look your best. It also helps you control your appetite, feel better, sleep better, and lower your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, depression, and many types of cancer.

One of the best methods to enhance your energy is still to exercise consistently, which is just one more benefit on that long list below. When it comes to keeping your health and energy up, nothing medicine has ever made or found is better than regular exercise.

Working out gives you more energy.

Think of your energy level like a battery that can be charged. Being active is like plugging in the battery and recharging it, but sitting still makes the energy go away.

You lose muscle cells when you don't move about. The cells that are left have fewer mitochondria, which makes it harder for them to make energy. It's amazing how quickly this works.

People who can't move a limb because of an injury or illness start to lose muscle cells within six hours. When your muscles are weaker, they have to work harder to achieve what you need them to do, which leaves you with less energy for other things.

As you get older, it's especially vital to remain exercising because your muscles tend to lose mass over time. Sarcopenia, or the slow loss of muscular tissue, starts sooner than you might think—around age 30.

By the time a 30-year-old is 70, he or she will have lost around 25% of his or her muscle mass and strength. By the time he or she is 90, he or she will have lost another 25%. Not only does losing muscle mass make you less energetic, but it also raises your risk of getting a number of other diseases.

Not working out may impact your heart and lungs. When the lungs and heart don't work as well, it's harder for your body to get the oxygen and nutrients it needs.

That, in turn, influences how much energy you have, especially when you are doing anything strenuous. When doing a physically demanding task, a sedentary person gets more tired than an active person. They also have a greater heart rate and lower oxygen intake.

Being inactive might also affect your mental health. The less you move, the less you desire to move. People who don't work out feel more tired than people who do.

Why exercise is good for you: it keeps you healthy

Regular exercise not only makes you feel better every day, but it also helps keep you from getting sick, which can drain your energy over time. Thousands of research have shown that regular exercise has several benefits, such as:

• Lowering your chances of getting heart disease, a stroke, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol.

• Lowering blood sugar levels and lowering your chances of getting type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

• Lowering the chances of getting some cancers, such as colon and breast cancer.

• Helps with mild to moderate depression.

• Lowering your risk of osteoporosis (as long as you undertake weight-bearing activity, which is exercise where you work against gravity) and helping to prevent or treat low back pain.

• Helps keep muscular mass and stop falls, easing arthritis discomfort and increasing a limited range of motion.

• Helps older people think more clearly.

• Makes your heart, lungs, and muscles stronger.

• Helps older people improve their functional abilities, like being able to walk up stairs or through a store, lift groceries, get up from a chair without help, and do a lot of other things that let them be independent. 

• Helping prevent weight gain; and possibly helping people lose weight when combined with the right diet; and lowering the risk of hip fractures.

The main point is that you should move more to feel more energetic.

Exercise on a regular basis not only builds strength and fitness, but it also keeps your internal "battery" charged by keeping your muscles strong, improving your heart and lung function, and keeping diseases at bay. Doing modest, regular things like walking, stretching, or light weight training can have a major effect on your energy levels and health in the long run.