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What happens to the body when you don't exercise for a long time?

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  How about if you just do not exercise all the time? Those who do not exercise for a long time, what happened to them? When we have just stopped exercising: Stealing lazy, really comfortable It's true that when you don't exercise for a while, you feel better. I just stopped exercising for a period of time, but my body feels better, and the whole person is still fresh. As soon as you stop exercising , a series of changes in your body that are not easily noticeable from the outside come into play. Caloric demand decreases, and mitochondria, a part of the body's "energy station" that converts energy, begin to shut down. There are also changes in the metabolism of fat, which is the fuel. Even if you don't exercise for just two days, your body's low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels may rise by 10%, and high LDL-C levels carry the risk of cardiovascular disease. LDL-C concentration over time in the non-exercise group (top line) in the study Aft...

What happens to your body when you start to exercise consistently?

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  At the beginning of exercise: muscle soreness Many people assume that the soreness after exercise is due to lactic acid buildup. But this soreness has a specialized medical name: delayed onset muscle soreness ( DOMS ). Researchers have found that lactic acid returns to its previous level soon after exercise, and that soreness is more likely to come from microtrauma to the muscle fibers and secondary inflammation. It tends to hit 12 to 48 hours after strenuous exercise and then disappears after 2 to 10 days. Micro-trauma of muscle fibers is a sure way for muscles to get stronger. As the saying goes, you can't get stronger without breaking down, and this is true in the body. As your body gradually adjusts to the intensity and duration of the exercise, the soreness decreases and the sweetness that comes after the pain begins to appear. First is the increase in resting metabolic rate. That is, the rate at which calories are burned when used only to be to maintain basic physiological ...