Are you looking for a way to naturally balance the hormones in your body? Exercise is what you need. This is a healthy way to treat hormone imbalances and keep your body fit and strong at the same time (1).

Keeping your hormones balanced is important as they provide protection to your health. They can also help fight the depletion of oestrogen, which is a common occurrence as women age, and make sure that your bones are strong, keeping conditions like osteoporosis at bay.

So, what can you do to balance your hormones? To know more – just keep reading!

Points To Remember About Hormone-Balancing Exercises:

While exercise is a great way to balance the hormones in your body, it is important to remember that there are certain precautions you should take and certain tips to keep in mind. This way, you can do away with hormone imbalances and gain fitness, both physically and mentally. Here are a few points that you should remember to help you make the most out of your cardio workout:

1. Keep Your Workouts Short:

30 minutes of intense workouts is what experts recommend. If you exercise for more than 30 minutes, do not exceed 40 minutes. The time that you spend on working out is reduced, but you still get the benefit of balancing your hormones and burning fat.

2. Give Workouts Your Best Efforts:

It is a must to make sure that you do high-intensity workouts with as much effort as you can give. This is highly effective for balancing hormones in your body and burning fat at the same time (2). Whether you are at the gym or at home, give your workouts everything you have.

3. Take Short Breaks:

When you are doing circuit training, insulin response improves significantly. Your heart rate is boosted while you exercise and it also stimulates growth hormones as well as testosterone. However, remember that it is important to keep the intervals between each circuit short. By using this method, you get resistance training and a cardio workout in a session that is shorter.

4. Keep Your Cardio Workouts Short:

Using intervals and keeping cardio workouts short is important when you want to balance the hormones in your body. An interval is a series of intense exercise that takes less time with brief periods of light activity or rest. By doing this, you keep your hormones balanced, burn more fat and gain many other health benefits. Interval exercise is great even for cardiac patients as it improves fitness.

5. Use Yoga:

Apart from stretching and challenging your muscles, you should use yoga as a way to bring balance back to your hormones (3). It can help a lot in lowering the levels of blood cortisol and reducing adrenaline. With yoga, you can also stimulate GABA, which calms the brain.
Apart from exercises, you need a balanced, healthy diet to balance hormones. The foods that you consume before and after your sessions play a role in balancing hormones. A blend of carbohydrates and proteins an hour before and then 45 minutes after resistance-training exercises is what experts recommend. This will also help in stimulating the release of growth hormones. You should also remember to drink only water and keep away from any sports drink.

The Exercise Routine For Balancing Hormones:

According to experts, it is important to maintain a formal workout regimen 4 to 5 days a week. It is best to alternate cardiovascular and strength training days and keep each workout between 30 and 45 minutes.

Day 1:

Start with cardio intervals on the elliptical, and then, do 30:60s workouts. Recovery intervals should be 20 minutes in total. Finish off with cooling down and stretching.

Day 2:

Do metabolic strength circuit with 12 to 15 repetitions of pushups, dumbbell squats, barbell deadlifts, walking lunges, TRX inverted rows and Russian twists. Do these in rapid succession 2 to 3 times through.

Day 3:

This is a day for active recovery. Go for a 60-minute walk.

Day 4:

Do cardio intervals on the treadmill and 60:60s workouts. Recovery intervals should be 20 minutes in total. End with cooling down and stretching.

Day 5:

Do metabolic strength circuit with 12 to 15 repetitions of weighted squat jumps, assisted pull-ups, alternating lateral lunges, chest press on a ball, Bosu abdominal curls and single-leg straight leg dead lifts. Do these in rapid succession 2 to 3 times through.

You do not need medications to balance your hormones. With a healthy diet and hormone-balancing exercises, you get everything you need, including improving your general overall health. However, you need to remember to consult your healthcare provider before you start on any exercise program to help balance hormones.

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