Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Strength Training Will Make You Feel Great

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Would you like to look good - and feel even better? Try strength training exercise as it is also a great mood booster. You will build strength, improve your muscle tone, raise your energy levels, boost your self-esteem and decrease the risk of some diseases.

It's really all about how you feel - Research has shown that proper exercise programs do a lot more than strengthen your heart and build your bones - it improves how you feel about yourself and your outlook on life. Research shows that the better you feel about yourself and the more effectively you manage stress, the calmer you will be, the better your overall health is likely to be and the more you will enjoy life.

It is not only the outside you need to exercise; the inside is just as important if not more. The better we feel about ourselves the better environment we create around us making other people happy as well. And if you are enthusiastic about exercising you might pass it on to someone who is not active and help them to change their life.

The physical needs and outcomes of exercise, whether it's to tone muscle, lose weight, address obesity or increase lifespan, dominates what we hear about, but lots of people who exercise don't see stark physical benefits. This message needs to be rewritten. When you exercise you are going to feel better, you will sleep better, and have more energy. You will also have increased confidence, a feeling of well being and a sense of self that result from your efforts as you are doing something for yourself. This carries over into every aspect of your daily life.

While increasing your performance and energy through strength training exercise, you may discover there are also benefits to your mental health. Not only does strength training make your body work better it will make you happier as well and will give you a health state of mind. It is a great way to blow off the stress, anxiety, and tension of the day and increases the ability to relax and be calm.

Studies show that you will be less likely to suffer from depression when you improve your strength and fitness. Physical exercise is great brain exercise too as by moving your body, your brain has to learn new muscle skills, estimate distance and practice balance.

It has been well proven that we all need physical activity to be healthy. People who exercise regularly feel better mentally and physically, improve their health, reduce the risk of disease and increase their chances of staying fit and independent as they age.

Instead of exercising because you "have to," you do it because you want to; and it becomes part of who you are. This approach to becoming more active is for the whole person and can bring true "health" rather than just "fitness."

By shifting the focus from how exercise makes you look to how it makes you feel may help people start, maintain or even appreciate an exercise program. If you are having motivational roadblocks with exercise because you are trying to spot reduce your midsection, ask yourself do you feel better, sleep better or have more energy during the day. Do not neglect to look at those very important and positive outcomes because you are so focused on your belly.

Exercise is one of the most important things you can do for your mind and your body.

It's never too late to start, but the sooner you start the sooner you can reap the benefits.

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