Another Reason to Get Moving

Mar 2, 2016 | LIFESTYLE

Exercise is good for the body and mind. There is nothing like the mood you leave with after an hour long class at the gym. And if done consistently, there’s nothing like the results you’ll see on your body, either. Regular exercise also gives you a healthy, glowing look that you just can’t get any other way.

But did you know exercise and sweating is good for your skin, too?

As an add-on to proven skin health remedies, you can exercise to help improve your acne, wrinkles, dull skin, and more. New research shows that exercise may help reverse skin aging, even for people who don’t start exercising until later in their life.

But how exercise help your skin? It can help improve your skin for several reasons, but here are a few of our favorites:

Healthy, Glowing Skin with O2



Aerobic exercise provides your body with a heavy dose of oxygenated blood. Your skin instantly glows more and that glow is maintained for hours after a workout. This is because the skin is filled with blood vessels that lie close to the surface. When we work out, the vessels dilate and give the skin a healthy, vibrant appearance.

Working out also helps the body to produce collagen, which is a protein that helps to keep your skin supple, firm, and elastic.

Acne Relief

Increased circulation through exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to skin cells more effectively, while flushing harmful toxins out. Exercise nourishes your skin. Blood and oxygen flowing through the skin help draw toxins out of the body, including toxins that clog pores. Sweating actually helps propel those toxins, oils and dirt out of your pores.

Don’t assume that your skin will automatically completely stop breaking out if you start working out, it just doesn’t work like that.  Exercise – then shower as soon after as possible. Make sure that you’re cleansing your face and other areas that generally break out to take advantage of the process the exercise began. Exercising helps flush your pores but if you don’t clean your skin after, you’ll be negating the positive effects exercise can have on your skin.

The Acne /Endorphin Connection

Exercise produces endorphins (the hormones that make you feel good) and subsequently, helps reduce your stress levels. Stress reduction and endorphins help decrease cortisol and other acne-provoking hormones that occur naturally when you are under stress. And did you know that too much cortisol will also increase collagen breakdown?

The Sleep Connection

Exercise also helps you rest and sleep better. Your body and skin need repair time and does it best when you’re sleeping well. Your skin makes new collagen when you sleep. More collagen means skin is plumper and less like to wrinkle. Only getting 5 hours a night can lead to twice as many fine line sas sleeping 7 would. Research has also suggested that regular physical activity can help your skin repair itself faster.

The Outdoors Exercise Plus

Being outside, whether it’s while taking that daily walk or run or taking the kids to the pool or beach or soccer, is a natural endorphin booster. Fresh air, negative ions from trees, blue sky – all help you feel better about life in general. Put on your hat, your sunscreen and go start making your skin healthier and better looking.

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