Protect Your Heart

PROTECT YOUR HEART WITH MARTIAL ARTS

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner February is all about the heart. Every year, the

American Heart Association celebrates Heart Month to raise awareness about heart disease

and heart health.

What you may not know is that martial arts are great for the heart. In fact, the cardiac

benefits of martial arts give a whole new meaning to the idea of cardiovascular fitness.

With that in mind, here are some ways that taking martial arts classes can protect and

strengthen your heart.

MARTIAL ARTS RAISE THE HEART RATE

The first way that martial arts can help the heart is by raising your heart rate when you work

out. The heart is a muscle and it needs to be worked. When you take a martial arts class, your

heart rate is elevated.

The benefit of raising the heart rate is that it oxygenates the blood, and helps promote

calorie burning even after you’re done working out. People of all ages need to keep their

hearts pumping, and martial arts is a great way to do it.

MARTIAL ARTS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

Did you know that a high-intensity martial arts workout can help lower your blood pressure?

It’s true. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading contributor to heart disease.

When you work out, your heart becomes stronger – and that means that it can pump blood

more efficiently than it can without exercise. The less effort your heart has to expend on

pumping blood, the lower your blood pressure is.

MARTIAL ARTS LOWER CHOLESTEROL

LDL cholesterol – the so-called “bad” cholesterol” – is a contributing factor in heart disease.

Regular participation in martial arts helps you lose weight and that decreases the amount of

LDL cholesterol in your blood.

There’s evidence that working out also shrinks the proteins that carry cholesterol through the

bloodstream, making them less dangerous to the heart.

On a related note, regular vigorous exercise – such as the kind you get in a martial arts

workout – helps to increase HDL or “good” cholesterol.

MARTIAL ARTS REDUCES STRESS

One thing that separates martial arts from many other forms of exercise is that it requires

mental stillness combined with physical exertion.

Mental stillness contributes to mindfulness, a practice that can significantly decrease stress

and anxiety in both children and adults.

Considering that there is a direct link between stress and heart health (stress contributes to

high blood pressure and related issues), the fact that participating in martial arts can reduce

stress is a huge benefit for the heart.

CONCLUSION

In addition to the benefits already mentioned, martial arts training also helps to improve

discipline, build muscle coordination, and increase self-confidence.

This month, why not give your heart a boost by adding martial arts to your workout routine?

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