Immune

system enhancing

Your immune system responds very differently to acute stress versus chronic stress. The response to acute stress, such as suddenly being confronted with a dangerous situation, is robust but short-lived.

If you experience chronic stress, your fit20 training helps to reduce inflammation.

Basically, your body gets ready to take strong action and repair (potentially) injured body tissues. This is a desirable and potent response that also intrinsically enhances your immune system. It does so by sending the message 'Next time, we'll have to respond even better' to all systems involved in the acute response.

Such a reaction also takes place during the fit20 training. By pushing the limits of your training intensity, you also strengthen your immune system by exposing it to the 'acute stress' of the fit20 training. While we recommend that members train with optimal intensity, we keep the training safe by using slow-motion movement patterns, direct coaching, and specialized machines.

When you experience chronic stress, your immune system response is less robust but actually damaging because it causes prolonged low-grade inflammation. Even if you experience chronic stress, your fit20 training can still help to reduce inflammation.

Chronic low-grade inflammation is a responsible for a host of common illnesses. Inflammation-caused cellular damage triggers diseases like diabetes, cancer, dementia, heart disease, arthritis, and depression. And because it's low-grade it is hard to diagnose in day-to-day life.

A smart exercise program designed to boost your health by lowering inflammation and strengthening your immune system should play a central role in chronic stress management. fit20 is designed to trigger such a health boost by submitting your system to a safe but intensive training stimulus that fires up your body's immune system in a positive way making it stronger and more potent.

Reference
The immunology of stress and the impact of inflammation on the brain and behaviour
Could decreasing inflammation be the cure for everything?