Already headed towards the second presidential debate this Sundaythe candidate for the Presidency of the Citizen Movement, Jorge Álvarez Máynez revealed what is his favorite exercise to stay fit.
The presidential candidate of the orange party, who has gone viral ‘casting’ the choreography of the song ‘President Maynez’compete against Xóchitl Gálvez Ruízfrom the coalition PAN-PRI-PRD and Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena-PT-PVEM and you will see them face to face this April 26 at the Churubusco Studios.
In recent days, the licensed federal deputy shared with his supporters a video in which he appears in a ‘biciantro’.
What is the ‘biciantro’, the place where Máynez goes to exercise?
Can you imagine exercising to the rhythm of different musical themes and a play of lights like in the best nightclubs? Well that’s the ‘biciantro‘ that can give you that experience when combined with an exercise routine on stationary bikes.
In this place, a trainer gives a routine of spinningalso known as indoor cycling, which consists of choreography in stationary bikes with pedaling intensity changesas well as changes in resistance.
What are the benefits of spinning?
In addition to burn calories and lose weightspeaking of the cardiovascular part, when doing spinning our heart pumps more blood and makes “the blood vessels have more flow during exercise, all of this prepares them in the long term, and decreases the likelihood that you will have a cardiovascular disease“said Ana Cristina Contreras, a doctor specializing in physical activity and sports medicine, in an interview for The financial.
“He spinning or cycling is one of the things that makes it better glucose control in people who already have insulin resistance, prediabetes or diabetes; In people who have hypertension, both diastolic and systolic blood pressure decreases, and maintains it for a period of more or less between 24 and 48 hours. In general, exercise is like a pill so that we have all those benefits,” explained the specialist.
Furthermore, the spinning strengthens muscles and produces endorphins, so Improves mood of the people who practice it.
What are the negative effects of the exercise bike?
Although the practice of spinning has no negative effects on healththere is a risk of injury if it is exaggerated during the session.
“If we are not used to large doses of exercise and we join one of these classes, crazy like that, on the first day, then surely we are going to wake up sore or we can have some muscle injury”Contreras warned.
“Something that I think is not so useful is that it focuses only on legs. For example, if you go alone you use these muscle groups more, while other parts of the body you don’t move as much“It’s like one of the negative things that I would see in it but, in reality, it is a very good option for many people who do not have another way to exercise,” he added.
Who can perform spinning?
The good news is that everyone can take spinning classes; However, the specialist points out that those who start exercising should start with low intensity practices.
“If I am someone who has never done anything, I would recommend that they start (with exercise) light to moderate, that start with 15 or even 10 minutes. From that we now have benefits in all the parameters we talked about: glucose, blood pressure. It sounds little, but we are going to progress little by little, every week increasing 5 minutes,” he explained.
In the case of people who have conditions such as diabetes, hypertension or heart problems, the doctor recommends doing this activity as long as the disease is controlled.
“For example, if I always take my medications, my blood pressure is always controlled. I already went to check last week and they told me: ‘Hey, you know what? You are very well’, and you have no symptoms cardiovascular as chest pain, dizziness, headache, feeling like I’m going to faint, then I can start up to moderate intensity”.
And if you are a sedentary person and have symptoms such as a headache or a feeling of fainting, Ana Contreras recommends going to the doctor for a check-up before starting any sporting activity.
“If you have any symptoms, always go get checked. It’s better to err on the side of caution and be like, ‘You know what? The muscles between his ribs were inflamed, but don’t worry, his heart is fine’, to say: ‘No, no, nothing’s wrong’ and well, we have seen that there are several cases, this year, of sudden death in gyms and else. So, the best thing is if I have any symptoms or I am not sure whether or not I can give it a hard time, go get checked,” he remarked.
