The extra oxygen increases alertness, sharpening your senses, such as sight and hearing.
Not exact matches
Your blood volume
increases by up to two and a half liters by the time you're full term and so by making sure that your blood is thinner your body is still able to carry that
oxygen around even if you lose all a little bit of
extra blood at the time of your delivery.
EPOC, or burning
extra calories in the hours following exercise, is caused by your body's
increased rate of
oxygen intake in a bid to correct an O2 «debt» incurred during exertion.
Extra oxygen is sent to the brain,
increasing alertness.
You'll
increase your stamina and endurance thanks to the better delivery of
oxygen through those
extra red blood cells.
Also, the utkatasana
increases the heart rate during the performance of the pose that is advantageous for the body as it speeds up the breathing allowing more intake of
oxygen, gets rid of more carbon dioxide, pumps
extra nutrients to the muscles, and
increases lactic acid levels in the body.
You'll benefit from an
increase in
oxygen and blood flowing through your body and your metabolism will start working faster and harder, giving you the
extra energy you need.
For weight loss, and as could be expected, the
extra work and intensity in a superset workout is known to
increase energy expenditure during the session, and also after the session as excess post-exercise
oxygen consumption (EPOC).
Not only does your body begin to train itself to work harder and faster at building muscle and gaining strength, you have an
increase in
oxygen moving through your blood stream and there are
extra red blood cells in production, allowing to access the stamina you need to get through difficult lifts, long training periods and intense competitions.