Like any kind of physical activity, winter sports have a positive effect on health, primarily due to an increase in the motor activity of the training person. Actively working muscles consume more oxygen, due to which there is an oxidation of nutrients with the release of energy. This evolving energy is directed to the contraction of muscle tissue, which is necessary for performing certain movements during training. Due to regular physical activity the musculature of a person is constantly in a tone, which provides a vigorous state of health, high performance and low fatigue.
Expenditure of increased amounts of energy helps the training person to get rid of excess weight faster. The fact that for the production of calories, which are necessary for the performance of motor activity, can be consumed fatty tissue, which determines the presence of excess body weight. Therefore, the hobby for winter sports, like any other kind of exercise, contributes to the formation of a slender and smart figure of a sports type.
Another important factor that describes the great importance of popular winter sports for health is the possibility of carrying out hardening procedures simultaneously with training. Since both ice skating on an ice ground under the open sky and ski walks are performed at a low ambient temperature, our body is exposed to cold throughout the training. Such an effect, with the proper organization of training, has an extremely positive effect on human health. The importance of hardening procedures in winter sports is expressed in increasing resistance to cold, strengthening immunity, strengthening resistance to colds.
The positive value for the health of such a winter sport as skiing is complemented by the fact that such training is usually conducted somewhere outside the city, in the forest. The fact is that the air in the coniferous forests is saturated with phytoncides - volatile substances that have a harmful effect on many disease-causing bacteria. Inhaling such air, we thereby have a positive impact on the health of our body. For the same reason, holding an active holiday on a day off as a skiing trip to the nearest coniferous forest is an excellent pastime, a good training for your muscles and a charge of vivacity for a whole working week.
However, when practicing winter sports, you should also remember about some "pitfalls" that may pose a danger to your health. First of all, it is necessary to control the state of health during long-term outdoor exposure at low temperatures. If you feel a strong cold, numbness or tingling in the open areas of the skin and fingers or toes, to avoid frostbite, stop training immediately and move as quickly as possible to the heated room. With intensive motor activity in winter sports, a person can warm up and even strongly sweat, so when the training stops, immediately put on a warm jacket or fur coat, go into a warm room and drink a cup of hot tea to avoid the occurrence of colds. When practicing figure skating, it is very important to observe the safety rules on the ice ground. Remember that careless behavior on the ice and attempts at the first training to perform complex elements of figure skating are fraught with serious consequences for your health in the form of various injuries. Therefore, when practicing winter sports, you should gradually and carefully increase the intensity of the exercises.
Thus, competently organized training for winter sports will have a huge positive value for your health, thereby helping you maintain a cheerful mood and high performance.