Sport is an activity that includes physical activity and mental activity. This activity should help improve a person's health status, but there are some things to consider before doing exercise especially in terms of health. Ignoring preparation before exercise may reduce its function, and can even be fatal harm.
Before doing exercise routines, one can consult a doctor about the health status being felt today.
This status can include external diseases or illnesses suffered in the turns, it can also be complaints of severe and frequent (most intense) or minor complaints in the joints.
Here are some health conditions should consult a physician before doing sports activities:
- Someone who is having problems in the heart and vascular system, especially who have had strokes and heart attacks.
- A person suffering from diabetes.
- A person who is having problems with weight as too fat or obese.
- Someone who is pregnant.
- Someone who never had an accident and suffered chronic pain.
Preparation can be done to avoid the possibility of accidents:
- Choosing a popular sport, especially for people who want to start a new exercise routine, it is not an easy thing. For that, a sport popular, safe, easy, and inexpensive can be chosen, so it can be done alone (without an instructor) and with a feeling that is not burdened.
- Preferably before exercise conducted preliminary examination to determine a safe dosage and type of exercise that fits (test load / stress test), especially when:
- There are complaints such as dizziness, shortness of breath, chest pain.
- Diseased such as coronary heart disease, asthma, diabetes, hypertension, etc..
- Aged over 30 years.
- We recommend using clothing and sports shoes are suitable and comfortable with your feet, the location / sports venues as well as sports.
- Our stomach takes time for absorption, exercise after a full meal can cause stomach cramps, you should wait up to 2 hours.
- A cool drink and a little sweet (sweet pink).
- Stretching, warming up and the small movements separately adaptation of muscles and joints are still stiff.