Outdoor exercise is often more responsive and preferred than indoor exercise. However, with the worsening of air pollution, should you exercise outdoors?
1. Air pollution when exercising outdoors
There are many sources of air pollution. In which, most of the sources of air pollution come from reasons such as:
The rapid growth of vehicles; Dirt in the air and from plants; Wind is a means of transporting tiny dust particles everywhere; Traditional fuels such as leaves, wood, firewood…. Pollution at construction sites; Mining and farming activities also cause negative impacts on the climate and the purity of nature; Operation of power plants. There are many reasons why air pollution in the living environment is getting worse and worse. Sometimes, when we exercise indoors or live in a closed room, it is difficult to avoid this pollution that affects health. However, exercising outdoors with environmental conditions containing waste bacteria will seriously affect health.
When you practice we are often reminded to regulate our breathing, especially in yoga and aerobics. Breathing will make you receive oxygen to provide for the circulation of the respiratory system. Besides the benefits, we still know that if we accidentally inhale CO2 or the fumes of the exhaust gases, it can cause gas poisoning. The more deeply you breathe, the higher the risk of unhealthy gases entering the lungs.
2. Outdoor exercise can affect health if not when polluted?
Sometimes the harmful effects of environmental pollution when exercising outdoors will not appear immediately. It is possible that toxins accumulate for a long time until our immune system is weak to detect it. Therefore, you need to pay attention to some of the following symptoms to soon detect health problems originating from air pollution:
Frequent or sharp headaches; Eyes, nose, throat showing signs of irritation; Increasingly impaired breathing capacity, possibly damage to the breathing tube; Asthma increases your risk if you are exposed to polluted air; Lung diseases; Having a heart attack or worse, leading to a stroke; Have cardiovascular disease; Having lung cancer. In suburban or rural areas, the air is quite fresh because vehicles and the environment are not affected by emissions as much as in urban areas. However, determining the exact harm and time of illness when exercising outdoors with a polluted environment has not really had any research results that give accurate conclusions.
3. Solutions to protect your health if you still choose to exercise outdoors
Exercise is a method of improving health, but nature is a good condition for us to have a refreshing spirit. Therefore, facing the risk of air pollution, we still want to exercise outdoors. However, to minimize the risk of lung disease and serious health effects, you should still pay attention.
