Enjoy the many health benefits of running – including a more positive mindset – while reducing your injury risk.Running has numerous health benefits. It’s great for improving heart health, keeping your weight down, and reducing your risk of diabetes and certain cancers. I personally love the idea of keeping my heart healthy through regular running and you don’t have to be super fit or fast to reap the benefits. Running strengthens your heart by decreasing your resting heart rate and improving the size and strength of the heart itself.Experts believe that, from the very first running session (regardless of your speed) you’ll have made a positive change to your heart muscle. However, to keep improving heart health and maintain the benefits, you’ll need to run regularly, ideally three times per week. In a matter of weeks, your heart health will have improved considerably.You don’t have to be young to start running even though many people wrongly think you do. Back in 2014, Bupa commissioned a survey of more than 2000 adults and found that 93 per cent of those aged between 50 to 65 didn’t run. The survey also revealed that even regular runners believed that once they were over 50, they wouldn’t be able to run.This is a myth. I know many runners who have taken it up in their 50s, 60s and beyond. I recently heard of a 70-year-old lady who ran her first marathon and loved it. She was a relatively new runner and was inspired to take up distance running after reading a magazine article.Another key benefit of running is convenience. On a busy day, you can do a short run and still reap the benefits of feeling fitter, healthier, and happier. Unless you prefer the treadmill, you don’t have to splash out on a gym membership,…
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