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Elevates mood and builds positive relationships

A good workout, more often than not, will make you feel fresh and will also elevate your mood. Being part of a fitness community can also be a great outlet to meet people, build quality relationships and find support in tough times. “The power of community is truly amazing when it comes to building a healthy lifestyle and incorporating movement,” he said.

If you are looking at getting in a workout, a general recommendation would be to include fundamental movements like a squat, hinge, lunge, press, pull movement like a row; and a carry. These movements transfer into your daily life and help improve everyday activities.

Regular physical activity not only strengthens your muscles but also helps improve endurance. It delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. When your organs (heart and lungs) are healthy, you have more energy to do daily chores in a better way. Most importantly, it helps maintain mobility and range of motion across various joints in the body, which is important in the long run.

Also Read |Morning vs evening: When is a better time to work out? Oftentimes, when we think of movement, we immediately associate it with a strenuous and sweaty workout at the gym. However, movement comes in various forms, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Be it a workout or a dance class or a walk or a run in the nearby park, it all counts as daily movement and provides great benefits, said Sohrab Khushrushahi, Founder, SOHFIT.

Improvs body awareness and mental health

Movement strengthens our connection with our bodies. It provides an outlet for self-expression, releases endorphins, and relieves stress. This is why, for many people, exercise also acts as a stress buster.

At present, West Bengal is witnessing a sudden spike in adenovirus cases, with health officials reporting that at least 30 per cent of samples sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR-NICED) in Kolkata since January have tested positive for the virus. Adenovirus, which causes a mild cold, or flu-like, illness and can affect people of all ages, is especially affecting children with pediatric wards in hospitals filling up quickly.

What is adenovirus?

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adenovirus is a common virus that causes mild cold or flu-like illness that can affect people of all ages. There are various types of human adenovirus, some of which are associated with severe forms of diseases and can cause life-threatening complications while others can cause milder infections.

Dr Suresh Kumar Panuganti, lead consultant-pediatric critical care and paediatrics, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad said, “By 10 years of age, all children would have had at least one episode of adenovirus infection. It usually causes mild flu-like illness resembling the common cold. It can also cause conjunctivitis (pink eye with sticky eye discharge associated with pain — rarely it can lead to severe complications), fever, diarrhoea, which includes vomiting, loose stools”.

He added that occasionally, however, it can cause severe illnesses like “pneumonia (which can be associated with breathing difficulty and might require hospitalisation), and bronchiolitis in younger infants (cough, fever, breathing difficulty). Rarely, it can cause multisystem involvement including heart (myocarditis and cardiomyopathy), kidneys (nephritis or cystitis) and brain (meningoencephalitis).”