Can gym fitness improve immunity for girls

For girls, choosing the right way to exercise in the gym can indeed improve immunity, but practicing wrongly can delay immunity. This is why everyone's evaluation of this matter is particularly polarized.

My best friend Xiaoxia, who just applied for a card last year, is the most typical example. At first, she was anxious to lose 20 pounds in two months. She spent two hours in the gym every day, one hour of strength and one hour of aerobics. In fact, this is really not a fault of fitness. To put it bluntly, overtraining and failure to keep up with nutrition cause the body to enter a short-term immunosuppressive period, which is called the "window period" in the industry. During this period, cortisol levels soar and the activity of immune cells is suppressed. It is easy for viruses and bacteria from the outside to sneak in.

But she later listened to the coach's advice and changed the rhythm. She only went there three times a week, one hour each time. She first did 40 minutes of strength training followed by 20 minutes of jogging. After the training, she immediately ate an egg and a banana. She stopped dieting at night and slept for 7 hours after eating. The effects were visible in just two months. During the flu epidemic at the end of last year, half of the people in their office had a fever of 39 degrees Celsius. Nothing happened to her, not even the allergic rhinitis that was a common problem in winter. Previous studies on sports medicine have also mentioned that for girls, a combination of moderate-intensity resistance and aerobic training 3-4 times a week for more than 6 weeks can increase the activity of immune cells in the body by 15% to 20%, and the ability to resist seasonal colds and minor inflammation will be significantly improved.

Many people also say that there are many people in the gym and the equipment is complicated, and it is easy to get sick after touching the equipment that has not been disinfected. A while ago, I met a young girl in the same gym who rubbed her eyes without washing her hands after doing deadlifts. As a result, she contracted acute conjunctivitis and it was swollen for almost a week. But this kind of problem actually has nothing to do with fitness itself. Just pay more attention to yourself. When you practice, bring a dedicated sweat towel instead of using a public towel. Don't touch your face or mouth and nose after touching the equipment. Wash your hands immediately after practicing. You can basically avoid such pitfalls.

I have been practicing intermittently for almost four years. The most obvious feeling is that I have not had the problem of having a fever every time the season changes. A while ago, during the peak of influenza A, my husband and children both had fevers for three or four days. I only had a dry throat and recovered in two days. Of course, it is unrealistic to expect that you will be immune to all poisons immediately after practicing for three to five days. Improving your immunity is inherently a slow process. What you fear most is eager for quick success. If you start training hard and dieting, it will destroy the foundation of your body, which is not worth the gain.