A moderate level of exercise improves health & well-being.
However, over-training can result in the opposite effect. This is the phenomenon known as “burn-out”
Positive effects of exercise include;
- Increased BMR
- Decreased blood pressure
- Increased HDL
- Decreased LDL
- Maintaining healthy BMI
- Decreased risk of diabetes
- Increased bone density
- Improved well being
- Decreased adrenaline levels
- Less stress
- Decreased risk of CHD
- Moderate exercise increases levels of Natural Killer cells, which secrete apoptosis-inducing chemicals in response to non-specific viral or cancerous threat
Negative effects of exercise (over-training) include;
- Decreased levels of Natural Killer Cells, Phagoctyes and B & T Cells. This decreses immune
- Increased muscle inflammation
- Muscle tears and sprains
- Increased adrenaline levels
- Increased cortisol levels, which also decreases the immune response
- Increased stress
- Damaged cartilage
- Tendinitis
- Ligament damage
- Swollen bursae.