Salud, Ejercicio, Descanso y Bienestar Para el Hombre

Health, Exercise, Rest and Well-being for Men

Man needs to sleep, that simple and easy. Rest is part of well-being, as clarified by the National Sleep Foundation, organization dedicated to promoting health and well-being through the defense of sleep, in one of its articles explains that sleep is essential at any age, sleep strengthens the mind, restores the body and fortifies all body systems.

In the same way, it should be followed by a periodic medical check-up to take charge of health in the most appropriate way possible, under the accompaniment of the indicated medical personnel. Much of the men they have to understand that medical visits, beyond appearances, are key to avoiding or treating habits that may be damaging their health.

This call to conscience is due to the fact that many times, being mired in the hustle and bustle of work or having been dragged by a social system that leads them to live in an unprofitable way, the men are exposed to the early deterioration of their vitality, underestimating even the hours of rest, and it is not until a certain point in their lives that they see all the consequences of neglecting their own well-being.

Medical Checkups As A Necessity

The need for annual medical consultations is required to check not only the health situation, but also to discover possible diseases that surely do not present symptoms and are not so easy to detect.

Therefore, the trend of The Knights To postpone these reviews because you believe that it is a symbol of weakness, is nothing more than a fear originated by believing that medicine is only used when you are in a critical state, when making those early and regular visits will avoid any future discomfort.

So, organizing checkups despite enjoying good health refers to prevention, being part of the routine and the most important section to take into account. According to the Corachan Foundation, a non-profit institution aimed at promoting and developing health actions that integrate healthy habits, comments that medical check-ups and screening tests are important for the following reasons:

  1. Health difficulties can be discovered early before turning into a more severe symptom.
  2. It prevents health problems from becoming chronic.
  3. Wide probability of a treatment and cure.
  4. Understanding the state of the body through expert diagnosis, not only contributes to the precaution or control of discomfort and diseases, it also helps to calm and conscience of the functioning of the body.

Checkups are even more necessary if you are aware of family history or other risk elements, and depending on the age of the man, the doctor will recommend which examinations and tests should be performed, as well as dictate how often a health visit and review will be prudent.

Exercises as Part of a Healthy Routine

Just as making medical visits is necessary to have a routine that promotes well-being, physical exercise complements that activity that the body and mind require, since it helps prevent these health problems, increases energy and serves to reduce stress.

Exercise is synonymous with vitality. The sedentary lifestyle which is prone to suffer from teleworking or confinement brings nothing but risk to man.

The Spanish Heart Foundation, a private non-profit institution with the aim of preventing heart disease through information campaigns, explains that sedentary people suffer from higher risks of suffering from atherosclerosis, hypertension and respiratory diseases. Even more, it can cause significant damage to the cardiovascular system, accentuating the effects of more risk situations such as obesity, hypertension or cholesterol.

Fighting it is simple, just organize small physical activities to start. On the Internet you can find various proposals to stay active even when you are at home. The important thing is to start, set small goals and daily exercises to get used to it and gradually add a little more intensity.

Exercise, in addition to avoiding the aforementioned diseases, reduces the effects of aging, improves the dream, helps maintain ideal weight by increasing metabolism and contributes to mental health such as depression.

Regardless of the goal that you set yourself with the physical routines, it is important to accompany them with a good diet. Due to the lack of activity or boredom, it is easy to want to eat at all times looking for what to do to kill time; exercise will require healthy meals that provide the necessary nutrients, and will regulate these schedule mismatches both dream as a food.

Rest Habits

When the time comes to to sleep, rest so important, it's time to get pajamas preferred and rest to regain energy after a good exercise routine. But far from what many believe, there is a certain amount of hours necessary that, depending on age, are really required to reestablish, since disorders such as hypersomnia are generated due to sleeping much longer than necessary.

According to National Sleep Foundation an adolescent between 14 and 17 years old should sleep approximately 8 to 10 hours a day, a young adult between 18 and 25 years old and an adult between 26 and 64 years old should sleep between 7 and 9 hours, but an older adult from 65 years of age and older, their sleep time is reduced to about 7 to 8 hours.

The above data is actually a guide to the recommended range of hours according to each age group for a healthier sleep. In some cases, sleeping an hour more or less than usual is acceptable depending on the individual circumstances of each individual.

Just as it is necessary to be aware of the hours required to sleep, it is relevant to think if within that period the quality of sleep. This is important for different reasons, just like breathing, eating and drinking, it influences the ability of each person to feel rested and energized for the new day, but above all, the quality of sleep ensures physical and mental health, for which contributes to the overall quality of life.

Sleep also helps the development of the body, for the same reason, babies, children and adolescents need more sleep than adults. But the indisputable thing is that people of all ages have to sleep to avoid illness or recover from it.

Poor quality of sleep and a lack of it can have negative consequences. Being able to be physiological, including the risk of cerebrovascular accidents, heart disease and high blood pressure. In the same order, the negative effects could be psychological, such as irritability, anxiety or depression.

In short, the balance is necessary, to lead as much as possible, a healthy life. Medical control, daily exercise, diet and Rest, with your good sleeping garment, or with a comfortable pajamasThey are the ideal quartet to make it the most suitable for a man who seeks to give his best and improve himself every day.