The area of virgin forests and grasslands in the mountains is far from the area of green flowers and plants in the city. Therefore, walking and climbing mountains in the elderly is beneficial to improve lung ventilation, increase vital capacity, improve lung function and enhance cardiac contractility.
2, delay aging
A harmful substance called free radicals will be produced in the normal metabolism of human body, which will destroy the cell membrane of human body, dissolve normal cells of human body, and cause aging and even variation of human tissues. Oxygen negative ions can effectively bind free radicals and expel them from the body. According to relevant data, the unit content of oxygen negative ions in urban streets is only 100 to 300, but it can reach tens of thousands in mountain forests. Therefore, walking and camping in the mountains can effectively discharge harmful free radicals and help delay aging.
3. Enhance your eyesight
One of the easiest ways to treat myopia is to look farther and relax the eye muscles. However, due to industrial pollution and heat island effect, there are many suspended particles in the air and the visibility of the city is poor. Shan Ye, especially on the top of the mountain, can make eyes look infinitely far and relieve eye muscle fatigue.
4. Enhance the coordination ability of limbs
The mountain road is rugged, and the advantages of climbing the mountain by the elderly are to improve the balance function of the human body and enhance the coordination ability of the limbs. Especially walking on the non-stepped road without artificial modification can make the muscle fibers of the human body thicker and muscular, and enhance the flexibility of the limbs.
5. Relax people's psychological pressure.
The benefits of mountain climbing for the elderly can regulate the nervous function of human body, improve physical and psychological state, restore physical strength and energy, and make people engage in study and work energetically. Mountaineering can cultivate sentiment, maintain a healthy mentality, give full play to personal enthusiasm, creativity and initiative, thus improving self-confidence and values and making personality develop healthily and harmoniously in a harmonious atmosphere. In addition, it can cultivate people's spirit of unity, cooperation and collectivism.
6. Consume excess body fat
Sugar metabolism in people's daily life belongs to aerobic metabolism. Mountain climbing activities, especially mountain climbing, are mostly anaerobic metabolism because of the thin air. In addition, hiking and camping activities require a lot of exercise, so it is often difficult to meet the body's heat demand for picnics in mountainous areas. Therefore, it can consume a large amount of adipose tissue gathered in the human body, especially the adipose tissue in the waist and abdomen.
Matters needing attention in mountain climbing for the elderly 1. Choose a good climbing route according to your age and physique. The route should not be too difficult and the peak should not be too high.
2. Warm up before climbing the mountain, and then gradually increase the intensity according to the breathing frequency. The speed should not be too fast, and the standard is that breathing is not obvious and there is no adverse reaction.
3. Old people should choose a crowded route to climb mountains, avoid cliffs and paths full of thorns, and don't drill mountains where no one walks.
4. Understand the weather conditions of the day through the weather forecast, avoid encountering severe weather such as strong wind and heavy rain, and choose to climb the mountain in sunny weather.
Don't go up the mountain too early, and don't go down the mountain too late. If possible, it is best to bring mobile phones and other communication tools to facilitate contact with the outside world in case of accidents.
6. When climbing a mountain, pay attention to replenish water at any time, restore physical strength as soon as possible, dilute blood, and avoid lack of water during exercise.
7. Need to bring necessary daily necessities and other items, such as food, kettle, towel, straw hat, camera, telescope, entertainment equipment, etc. It is also necessary to prepare commonly used drugs according to the physical condition of the elderly in case of emergency.