5 Reasons Why Your Skin Will Thank You For Exercising (2 of 3)

Helps you work up a much-needed sweat

Eww, sweat, right? Well, okay, but… It might sound hard to believe, but sweat does not exist for the purpose of making you feel all gross and miserable. Rather, it serves a very important function that keeps us alive. Think about the last time you went to a sauna. It’s really no different from sitting in a hot car for 20 minutes and yet we do it anyway because sweating is how your body detoxifies and unclogs pores of all that funky, gunky stuff that collects when you’re going about your day. Of course, you should make sure to shower after a good sweat so that A.) the mixture of sweat and grime doesn’t seep back into your pores and B.) so people don’t make it a point to avoid sitting near you. 

Encourages cell rejuvenation

Your body is constantly needing to shed old cells and create new one, and exercising is one of the most important ways to encourage this. If you want to get the best results as you are working out, you should ensure that you’re ridding your body of excess dead skin cells. Of course, as a reminder, you should keep your pores clean to reveal the new, rejuvenated skin underneath.