Pro Cheer Beauty: How Can Exercise Give You Better Skin?
It’s no secret that working out improves your cardiovascular fitness, fat loss, and mental focus. However, another compelling reason to get moving is that it keeps your skin healthy and glowing.
As an aspiring or current pro cheerleader, you’re already moving more. So, this article is here to simply help you gain a deeper appreciation of exercise by learning how it impacts your skin directly and indirectly.
Removes toxins from your skin
Blood flow improves during exercise and this promotes effective waste removal through your sweat. This is why people who have acne find that their skin starts to improve when they incorporate exercise into their daily routine. In addition to the flushing of toxins, increased blood flow ensures that nutrients are delivered to your cells.
Here’s a helpful tip: Remember to rinse off as soon as possible after your sweat session. If not, make sure to carry cleansing face wipes with you.
It improves the appearance of sagging skin
Losing a lot of weight within a short period or pregnancy can put you at risk of sagging skin. Skin usually sags in areas such as the upper arms, stomach, and upper thighs. While topical treatments help, healthy lifestyle practices like working out — particularly weight lifting or resistance training — can increase muscle mass and tighten loose areas.
Great moves include bicep curls, squats, reverse lunges, triceps kickback, and shoulder presses.
Promotes a restful sleep which keeps your skin looking young
Exercise reduces your stress hormones, such as cortisol and adrenaline. At the same time, it stimulates the release of endorphins — hormones that elevate your mood and reduce pain. This allows your body to relax and get better sleep at night. In fact, people who exercise are able to sleep better, especially moderate to vigorous exercise. This is according to the Sleep Foundation. Quality sleep helps your skin regenerate because as you sleep, it makes new collagen.
How to Protect Your Skin from the Negative Effects of Working Out
This may surprise you, but yes, exercising can also impact your skin in negative ways.
Exercising outdoors, for example, may increase your risk of sun damage, which causes DNA changes at a cellular level. To prevent this from happening, make sure to apply sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher.
Breakouts and blemishes may also develop if you wear makeup while exercising or neglect post-workout skincare. Thoroughly cleanse your skin before and after a sweat session.
Skin infections are also another risk if you often use shared equipment (at the gym). You can prevent this from happening by wiping down your equipment before using it. Exercise bikes and free weights harbor a lot of bacteria.
Final Thoughts
Overall, working out helps your skin. Whether you’re doing weight training or endurance training, breaking a sweat consistently flushes out toxins and makes you look younger. Don’t forget to support your skin further by cleansing it, applying sunscreen before going outside, and wiping gym equipment (used by other people) that comes in contact with your skin.
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Pro cheerleaders stay fit, flexible, and strong so they can give out their best performance in the arena. However, achieving that wow-worthy, toned physique doesn’t happen overnight. You need to arm yourself with the right daily workouts.
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