Start Exercising

Exercising is crucial to being healthy and happy. From a US government website I found an interesting paper that was published discussing the benefits of exercise on your mental health.

"Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity


Reduced anxiety


• Best results with “aerobic exercise”
  
• Best after weeks of regular exercise
  
• Best benefits to those who are low fit to begin with
  
• Best benefits for those high in anxiety to begin with
  

Reduced depression


• Best after weeks of regular exercise
  
• Best when done several times a week
  
• Best with more vigorous exercise
  
• Best for those who are more depressed (needs more research)
  

Benefits (anxiety and depression) similar to those for other treatments

Activity associated with positive self-esteem

Activity associated with restful sleep Activity associated with ability to respond to stress"

There are numerous other studies that have similar findings. In addition, the benefits don't stop there you will see a difference in your stamina and physical appearance. If this is good and healthy and people would want to feel good and healthy why are you not doing it? If you are visiting this blog, you know why you are here. If you don't exercise already, then you should start immediately. Even with one day of exercise you will notice a difference.

So why is it hard to get motivated? Why are you struggling with it?

The answer usually is that people simply don't know how to exercise. It's not that you don't know the benefits of exercising, it's that you don't know how to approach it.

Let me give you a few pointers:

1. GOAL: Create a personal fitness goal. What do you want to look like? Do you want to bulk up or tone up? Do you want cardio or weight lifting or both? These are all personal choices that you will have to make.
2. SCHEDULE: Create a schedule, allow for at minimum 45 minutes of exercising 5-7 times a week would be optimum
3. LIST: Create a List of exercises so you have a destination in the gym
4. RECORD: Keep track of your exercises with a piece of paper with the above list
5. CONSISTENCY: Keep going to the gym.

There are hundreds of exercises you can do in the gym as well as at home. Tomorrow I will discuss a different exercises that you can do for different parts of the body that I found all over the web.

Interestingly about 5 months ago a friend approached me and showed me a great fitness routine. It works amazingly well, almost like magic. You do it entirely at home and it is perfect for anybody who wants to lose weight, feel great and perform their best in life. After all isn't that what we all want? Don't you want to show life your best performance? Why Limit yourself? This program will guide you for 90 days and it will change your life.

It has changed mine and I feel great about it. How about you?

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