Arrggghhhh! If there is one beauty tip that many of us hate to hear it is that exercise is good for your skin and helps add muscle tone. Yes, you’re fairly active, but you’ve never managed to stick to a gym schedule and you’re not really comfortable in a gym anyway.
Fair enough. But what if you found out that exercise helped make you look better in lots of other ways too?
When you start looking at all the benefits, exercise not only makes your skin look better and gives your muscles more tone, it does so much more to make you look and feel great.
1. Burns Visceral Fat
The extra weight you see in the mirror is caused by only one (subcutaneous fat) of the two types of fat in your body. The other type of fat, visceral fat, is less visible on the outside, but it still affects the look of your skin, hair and general appearance.
Visceral fat surrounds each of your internal organs and is linked to a long list of ailments, including inflammation, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, dementia and depression.
2. Boosts Self Confidence
Regular exercise has been shown to boost your confidence and self-esteem. And one British study found that you didn’t actually need to see changes in your physical appearance to get a boost in your self-worth. Simply starting an exercise program makes you feel better about yourself and that shows in your physical appearance.
3. Improves posture
Take a look at anyone, a woman or man, who you feel is attractive and the chances are he or she isn’t a ‘slouch’. Exercise balances your muscles and improves your body’s alignment to give you better posture, and it can even make you look taller.
4. Reduces Stress & Anxiety
Whether it’s from your job or personal relationships, the stress and anxiety of life shows on your face and overall appearance. Exercise is linked to an almost immediate reduction in stress, anxiety, and a corresponding boost in mood. And you get the side effect of better health and fitness.
5. Increased Immunity & Detoxification
None of us looks great when we are sick and/or rundown. The best forms of detoxification come from within the body itself. Exercise helps to improve lymph flow and, by reducing visceral fat, it helps the liver do a better job of getting rid of toxins. And increased blood flow also cranks up your immune system so that it can find and destroy the bacteria and viruses that put you under the weather.
So there are lots of good reasons to stick with your exercise plan – and they all help to make you gorgeous.