FGW always tell you to exercise, but do you listen? Maybe not. Well, today I’ve brought you 5 reasons why you should exercise. These are based on scientific facts, and finally you will realize why you should be exercising instead of reading this amazing post of mine.
So, don’t waste time, wear your shoes, stretch a bit, as I’m about to give reasons to exercise and just after that get moving.
Avoid late night workout. Empty stomach should also be avoided. Workout after dinner or lunch is a strict no-no.
Exercise makes you strong
Regular exercise makes you stronger. When you regularly exercise, you are training your muscles, you are putting stress on it and in results it is making you stronger.
No matter what kind of workout you do, whether it is cycling, resistance band exercise, body weight training (or cardio), lifting weights, calisthenics, sports or just a normal walk, you are gaining strength from it day by day.
However, the simple rule is you need to be regular with it. You cannot expect to become stronger within 10 days or a month. I mean, you won’t get strength to lift heavy stuff immediately, but with time you will feel higher endurance. You will feel that with time you are able to do more.
For testing your strength or endurance, you can try setting up a benchmark, like go for a walk and see how much time it takes you to reach a certain point, now maybe try going faster next time and check if you are tired with that pace or not. Over the time, with such tests, you will experience that you are more comfortable to do that, and you are not getting tired easily. But, this is just an example, there are multiple ways by which you can check your strength or endurance.
Exercise improves mood
Several studies have shown that exercise does improve mood. Regular exercise is associated with reduction of stress hormones like cortisol and release of endorphins, which acts as natural mood lifter.
Regular exercise also regulates the level of various neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, etc. These neurotransmitters play key roles in mood regulation, and imbalances that have been linked to mood disorders.
Then also, exercise improves quality of sleep. Activities like Yoga, tai chi or even stretching, helps body relax and makes mind calm. That overall leads to stress reduction.
Exercise improves immunity
Exercise improves immunity. Now, some people may ask what the hell is immunity. I mean, people have heard of it, but don’t know how it increases and how it affects life.
In simple words, immunity means the body’s ability to resist or defend against potentially harmful microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, etc. If you don’t do anything, your body will not have this ability, and you may get sick easily.
The relationship of exercise and immunity is a bit complex, it has various layers, and it’s not like you start exercising today and your immunity will spike up tomorrow. However, with regular workout will improve sleep quality, help in maintaining healthy weight, reduce inflammation, etc.
So, one way or another, if you want your body to stay healthy, you need to start moving your body today.
Exercise keeps your body healthy
If we now talk about invisible benefits, then exercise helps your internal organs and keeps you healthy overall. Like regular exercise, reduces bad cholesterol, maintains blood pressure, maintains healthy levels of sugar levels, etc.
Not only that, regular exercise, helps in a good heart health, brain health, liver, lungs and what not. I can keep giving names of organs that get benefitted with regular exercise and this post will never end.
Exercise increases self-confidence
The simple thing is, when you start something new and if you see positive results, you become happy. Now, next time you do it and if you see more positive results, you will become even much happier. This also applies to if you rob a bank and if it’s a success, you become more confident to rob another bank next time.
When you will see all the above-mentioned benefits on your body, you will gain more confidence about your body. I can give my example, I was once 105 kg, I was not much confident about myself. I used to avoid going in public, I was not confident about wearing the clothes I desired. But now, at 78 kg, that’s not the case. I now like buying new clothes, I now like going to new places, and now I am more confident.
Regular exercise, also improves posture. It can even improve the way you walk, the way you carry yourself. When people will say, Hey!! You look fit, you will for sure feel great. A person who work out is easily more confident than the person who doesn’t.
Regular exercise makes you capable. I know many people in their 60s, 70s, they are much more capable, reason? They work out, even if it’s just a regular morning walk or swimming or something simplistic.
With regular exercise, you become more efficient than people at your age or younger than you. I always try to compete with people younger than me, and when I experience that I’m still capable of doing that thing, I feel great.
Things to remember before starting exercise
I wonder if you are convinced or not about starting exercise, but let me tell you something. It will not be going to be simple. You will face hurdles like mood fluctuation, body restriction, time constrain and god knows what else. But, that doesn’t mean that you should quit.
This may sound like a motivation, but it isn’t. I want to talk about things that you need to keep in mind before starting anything.
- First, consult to a doctor. Get blood tested, know about your body. Then talk to a doctor about what you can do.
- If you are completely new to exercising thing, talk to a certified trainer. I am not telling you to join a gym, but talk to an expert who can help you make a program that you can follow safely.
- You may need good and comfortable clothing. Invest in that. You can easily find online about clothes that are good for workout.
- Choose an activity, that is not too hard for you in the beginning. You cannot expect yourself to climb the Everest on your first day. Start from the base.
- It is crucial to stretch your body. That prepares your body. Even before a walk, prepare your body with some dynamic stretching.
- Eat healthy, a healthy diet is must. No matter how much you workout, without a healthy and balanced diet, you cannot get results.
- Don’t compare yourself with others. I do this all the time, because I always try to compete, but it’s not necessary that everyone should do it. Remember, every “body” is unique.
Conclusion
I wonder if you still need a conclusion to this blog post. I gave 5 reason why you should exercise. But may or may not need any reason. Do it for yourself, do it for your body.
If you are someone younger than 28 than remember 2 things, what you are doing today, your body will thank you tomorrow. And, I am coming to compete with you. If you are someone older than 30, then now is the perfect time to start keeping your body younger and energetic forever.
In the comments, don’t be shy to share your experience, challenges or struggles related to exercise with FGW.
And, until next time, KEEP SMILING.
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