Ifeoma Ononye 
The benefits of regular workouts are numerous. They have great benefits to the heart, lungs, mental health and body physique.
It will also interest you to know that regular exercise can have tremendous effects on your skin as well.
Experts in dermatology say that anything that promotes healthy blood circulation in our bodies also helps to keep our skin healthy and radiant.
Regular workouts helps clean up the skin from inside.
Speaking with a fitness coach and founder of Naijafitmom, Chinwe Obinwanne shared a few great tip about the excellent job exercise does to skin.
“Any one who makes up his or her mind to start regular exercises, tend to focus more on the cardiovascular and weight loss benefits of exercise and spare little or no time to interest in other benefits our bodies derive from regular workouts.”
Here are some important benefits of exercise to the skin:
Regular workouts increases the level of thirst, thereby making the person drink more of water. More water in the system means more fluids that helps in circulation and from there leads to healthy skin.
Nourishes skin cells:
Exercise by increasing blood flow, helps nourish skin cells and keep them working optimally.
An online Dermatologist, revealed that blood carries oxygen and nutrients to working cells throughout the human body, including the skin. She explained that in addition to providing oxygen, blood flow also helps to carry away waste products including free radicals, from working cells. This essentially means that a bout of exercise helps flush cellular debris out of the system thereby helping to cleanse your skin from the inside.
Exercise, by getting the heart rate up and improving blood circulation, can help to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the skin which keeps the skin healthy, promotes collagen production, and promotes new skin cells which keeps the skin looking glowing and is also helpful for anti-aging.
A workout enthusiast, Joan Ibe, shares “When you sweat from workouts, the pores on the skin are open. Its like the skin is cleansed from the inside, washing away whatever that clogged the pores. I have noticed a difference on how my skin looks after few months of regular workout,” she said.
Eliminates stress-induced skin issues:
Exercise is vital in easing stress. And various skin-related issues arise when a person is stressed maximally.
When you exercise regularly, you reduce stress to the barest minimum and the effect of this on the skin is that some troubling skin conditions induced by stress will show some improvement too.
Skin conditions that can improve when stress is reduced include eczema and acne.
Toned body gives glowing look on the skin: Regular exercise helps tone muscles and eliminates cellulites giving for a much radiant and smoother looking skin.
With these few points, we hope you are convinced that your skin will look better when you decide to get into physical exercise.
