Running: The Health Benefits of Running
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How regular exercise - especially running- helps to improve health outcomes. Dr Simon Sostaric writes.
Running rewards your body and mind.
Regular running, combining a variety of durations and intensities, acts on all physiological and psychological systems in an integrated way.
With consistency, fitness gains are imminent. Indeed, aerobic fitness is now globally recognised as one of the most significant predictors of all-cause morbidity and mortality.
Furthermore, running provides the greatest bang for buck when it comes to developing, increasing and maintaining aerobic fitness.
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