Whether you love or hate it, there’s no denying that physical activity has many benefits for your health – helping you to live longer and preventing or reduce the likelihood of disease and illness.
Physical health can be measured and defined in a variety of ways ranging from measures that you can see such as blood pressure, blood glucose levels and weight to name a few. But what about your mental health? How do we measure it and more importantly how do we improve our mental health?
Measuring mental health is quite complex, however we know that ‘how we feel’ can be influenced by the types of food we are eating, how much sleep we are getting and how active we are. Obesity and depression are two major causes of disease, disability and illness worldwide and each influences the other.
Research shows that physical activity is a key factor in improving our mental ability as well as our emotional wellbeing. Having a well-nourished and healthy brain is essential to helping you to achieve your best.
Getting active helps to improve our mental health by:
Some easy ways to be more active are:
Here at Athletic Sport we are big believers in self-care so that we can perform at our peak. Keeping healthy means taking care of our mind and body.
