The Importance of Exercise

We all know that exercise is important in our daily lives, but we may not know why or
what exercise can do for us. Here are some benefits of exercises.
Exercise increases energy levels. Exercise improves both the strength and the efficiency
of your cardiovascular system to get the oxygen and nutrients to your muscles. When your
cardiovascular system works better everything seems easier and you have more energy for
the fun stuff in life.
Exercise improves muscle strength.Staying active keeps muscles strong and joints,
tendons and ligaments flexible, allowing you to move more easily and avoid injury. Strong
muscles and ligaments reduce your risk of joint and lower back pain by keeping joints in
proper alignment. They also improve coordination and balance.
Exercise can help you to maintain a healthy weight. The more you exercise, the more
calories you burn. In addition, the more muscle you develop, the higher your metabolic rate
becomes, so you burn more calories even when you’re not exercising. The result? You may
lose weight and look better physically which will boost your self-esteem.
Exercise improves brain function. Exercise increases blood flow and oxygen levels in
the brain. It also encourages the release of the brain chemicals (hormones) that are
responsible for the production of cells in the hippocampus, the part of the brain that controls
memory and learning. This, in turn, boosts concentration levels and cognitive ability, and
helps reduce the risk of cognitive degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Cramming is Bad
How do you study when the test is coming? Do you start preparing for the test weeks or
months before the test or leave things to the last hour? If you start studying weeks or months
before the test, it is great. However, if you study all the material in the last hour or minute, it
is not good for you and it is called cramming.
Cramming is the situation when students stay up until morning to study before their
test. This habit can lead to negative impacts for some reason. The first reason is that
disruptions in the regular sleep cycle can cause temporary intellectual lapses. For most
students, less sleep can make them could not focus in the class. Additionally, cramming can
leave us with “something that I have seen before” in our memory. However, being able to
recognize something is not the same as being able to recall it. Besides that, each person has
their different sleeping time, so some of them often use a stimulant for cramming.
Furthermore, that stimulant gives bad effect to its consumers.
The example stimulant is coffee. It causes many problems such as Caffeine Intoxiation
Syndrome, anxiety, panic, headaches, and so on. To sum up, cramming is bad because it
disturbs our regular sleep cycle which cause temporary intellectualn lapses and using
stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to our health.

Implementing Health Protocols in the midst of Pandemic

People are starting to abandon the habit of wearing masks and keeping their distance
amid the pandemic that has been going on for nearly nine months. Is it okay to ignore the
health protocols? The answer is absolutely no. We should keep obeying the health protocols
because the pandemic is not over yet.
In the early pandemic, most of the people are discipline in obeying the health protocols
such as wearing mask, washing hands, and keeping a distance. These days, there is a
pandemic fatigue where people are tired of being restricted for months in this pandemic.
However, this phenomenon cannot be a reason for us to ignore the health protocols. It is
because there is no cure yet which to combat the ferocity of the coronavirus. The most
important thing that we can do is stick to health protocols so that we can break the chain of
virus spread.
In addition, CDC or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends us to
wear mask since it can prevent us from getting or spreading the virus. Therefore, we need to
continue to protect ourselves from exposure to the virus for the good of ourselves and others.
To overcome fatigue in the midst of a pandemic, we can try to keep in touch with the people
closest to us so that we do not feel bored. We should remember that everyone can be exposed
to viruses and vaccines still cannot be used, so it is important to always implement health
protocols, especially when there is an urgent matter that requires us to leave the house.