Just because it’s quiet, however, doesn’t mean the circulatory system doesn’t deserve some attention when you hit the gym. Unless there is a problem - be it a blocked artery that leads to a heart attack or stroke, or impaired blood flow that leaves feet cold or tingly - it’s a system that hums along quietly, a diligent but silent worker that doesn’t ask for much in order to give a great deal in return. While we can see and feel the effects of our fitness efforts as we lose fat, gain strength, and build endurance, improvements in our circulation aren’t as visible. Still, we often overlook how circulatory health and exercise benefit one another. A healthy circulatory system then returns the favor by boosting athletic performance. He explains that exercise makes the circulatory system stronger, more flexible, and more expansive - all at the same time. “The circulatory system loves exercise,” says Donald Dengel, PhD, director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In a beautiful cycle, the better your circulatory system works, the better you move - and perform - in the gym and in life. Movement of all kinds keeps your heart pumping well and your vascular system strong and clear. While there are many factors that affect the circulatory system (including genetics and lifestyle factors, such as nutrition), exercise is notably effective.
Healthy circulation allows you to not only survive but thrive. It powers your brain, lungs, stomach, intestines, liver, waste and lymph systems, and muscles in important ways. This intricate network, increasingly considered by some experts to be an organ in its own right, leaves no cell or body system untouched.
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