Menopause can affect women's cardiovascular, metabolic and bone health, as well as their mood and general quality of life. Regular physical exercise helps improve these symptoms.
After menopause it is more difficult to maintain physical shape. It is a biological matter, hormone, you have to multiply the physical effort and reduce the calories to obtain half the results of young people…. but if we add an inappropriate sport to these limitations we have a wall in the attempt to keep the weight at bay. With age, women tend to give up more intense exercises like running or jumping for fear of injury and health problems. Physical activity specialists help us break down false beliefs.
Why is it important to be fit during Menopause?
Exercise during and after menopause offers many benefits:
Prevents weight gain. Women tend to lose muscle mass and gain abdominal fat during menopause, so regular physical activity helps prevent weight gain.
Reduces the risk of cancer. Exercise during and after menopause can help you lose excess weight or maintain a healthy weight, which may offer protection against various types of cancer, including breast, colon, and endometrial cancer.
Strengthen your bones. Exercise can slow bone loss after menopause, reducing the risk of fractures and osteoporosis.
Reduces the risk of other diseases. Excess weight increases the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and regular exercise can counteract these risks.
Prevents and treats the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength that generally occurs in women after the menopause.
In addition, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), physical activity has benefits for mental health (reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression), as well as sleep .
It also improves mood and helps reduce stress , which can have a positive impact on the emotional symptoms that occur with menopause.
How does lack of exercise affect menopause?
At the hormonal level, the body stops secreting estrogen , one of the main hormones of the menstrual cycle, and thus all its functions are directly affected:
- Increased accumulation of abdominal fat.
- Loss of urine due to the lack of firmness in the tissues.
- Propensity to diabetes and coronary and cardiovascular diseases.
- Lack of mood and sexual appetite.
- Loss of muscle mass and bone mineral density: increased propensity for falls and fractures.
The practice of exercise promotes the hormonal, endocrine and psychological level to the balance of the organism of the woman in all its extension; that is, it acts against the unwanted effects of the disappearance of the estrogenic environment.
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