How Sprinting Helps You Improve Your Health?

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Written by Kameswari Kovvali

A Drifter for now, free thinking and observant. An animal lover especially my pets.I believe in honesty. I'm detail oriented which can be annoying at times.

October 22, 2017

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Sprinting is one of the most refreshing and strongest ways of being physically fit. Because your body muscles work together to keep your body fit thus helping you stay in shape i.e athletic body. However, sprinting has other benefits apart from the obvious one- physical health. Here are the other benefits you can derive from sprinting:

1) Keeps you healthy

You will have a natural tendency to maintain a healthy diet because you can’t pace up after heavy meals or junk food. Therefore, the coaches and trainers of sprinters always are cautious of their diet intake. Sprinting enhances your cardiovascular fitness, as well as reduces the risk of a heart attack. Sprinting helps your body burn fat and increases muscle tone. Sprinting also increases Human Growth Syndrome (HGS). It also boosts your body metabolism thus helping you lose body fat after a race. It has also been observed that sprinting improves your heart health by lowering your blood pressure due to blood circulation while running.

lady focusing on the running track

2) Encourages teamwork

Sprinting is a team sport rather than an individual sport. Your performance affects your entire team like in relay races. All four members of the team play a vital role in the team’s victory. Even one of the teammates is distracted or isn’t able to perform, the entire team has to perform harder in the race in order to make up for the loss of time and distance to be covered in the race. Apart from this, there are other ways of developing team work when it comes to making new friends both off the track and on the track. Otherwise, you can count it as an individual sport where the sprinter is self-dependent of his performance on the track.

3) Learn Life Skills

In sprinting you will learn responsibility, devotion, and punctuality. Apart from this you also learn to accept your teammates’ decision and respect them. The true spirit of a sprinter is to never give up although your body is in great discomfort while on the track. This promotes the mind to never give in and go on in the most difficult times.

a lady running on the road

4) Improved coordination

Running on a flat surface such as track results in improved coordination because it forces the body to work together to keep the sprinter running on the correct path with the back straight. While running, your entire body weight has to be balanced so that you can run faster. Those who run daily move more easily than those who do not run or participate in any type of physical activity.

5) Emotional advantages

It’s been observed – sprinters are happier and feel less tense when they’re on track than the ones who aren’t physically active. Sprinting is a mood changer because it releases certain brain chemicals which act as a catalyst to improve the sprinter’s mood. Sprinters are also capable enough to focus on one task with lots of concentration without getting tensed (no matter if it’s their regular office work or family issues). Because a sprinter while running learns to focus on the track and his body pace in order to win the race. This in return also gives him a sense of fulfillment since he is able to finish the race.

6) It’s Fun

Being a member of a track team is fun. You are surrounded by like-minded people with the same goals. The sense of happiness when you soar through the air and win that race, the crowd cheering you up is incomparable. This feeling can keep you get going throughout the day and acts as a mood-changer in your difficult times. Thus helping you set an example for yourself when life hits back. Sprinting is also a sport which will make you go to a beach and reap the benefits of both the scenic beauty and physical activity.

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