We can all agree that exercise is good for our bodies and minds, but which benefits from your workout can you apply to everyday life?
The following qualities may help you be a better partner, employee, businessperson, friend, and family member... and ultimately might even improve the world!
1. PATIENCE
Beware of quick fixes and silver bullets, as with everything else in life. Exercise is the best teacher for highlighting the significance of consistently showing up to bring about positive change.
Although it may take weeks or even months for the cardiovascular, neuromuscular, and metabolic systems to show noticeable differences, the effort becomes worthwhile if you keep working on your fitness.
Any aspect of real life that requires persistence and time, such as saving money, investing, growing a garden, and raising children, benefits greatly from a disposition of patience.
2. EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Emotional regulation is necessary for being able to monitor situations and react appropriately; exercise has been shown to help with this.
According to research, aerobic exercise, even for just 30 minutes, can help people overcome or at least begin to shift negative mood states. Exercise in the morning has also been shown to enhance negotiation skills throughout the day, which is helpful for tense meetings or asking for a raise!
3. SOCIAL CONNECTION
People who regularly exercise report having a higher quality of life and more meaningful social connections than those who don't, even if they exercise alone.
Exercise enhances feelings of wellbeing by promoting feelings of empathy, belonging (especially when done in a group), and overall wellbeing. Numerous community settings, including neighbourhood sports teams, walking clubs, and social dance events, can be supported by being active.
According to research, healthy social networks—the kind that exist in real life—reduce mortality and the risk of obesity. Even more surprising, the Framingham Heart Study discovered that how happy and healthy we are depends on how happy and healthy the other people in our network are. This would be confirmed by observing the rise in social interactions after sports practise or gym class!
4. RESILIENCE
Resilience is a desirable quality in both life and exercise because it allows you to adjust and recover when things don't go your way. Being active isn't always successful, and it can be challenging. It might entail getting over ailments, injuries, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), or even just having to modify your exercise schedule due to erratic weather.
Children can develop resilience especially well through organised sport, which emphasises the value of perseverance and learning from mistakes. People who complete challenging physical events like hikes or marathons "feel like they can do anything" for a reason! They can, so that's why!
Due to the large number of factors that are beyond your control during exercise as well as the overwhelming sense of accomplishment you get at the end, it is the ideal activity for testing resilience.
5. HABIT FORMING (AND BREAKING!)
One of the most important changes people can make to their lives is changing their behaviour to include exercise.
Each of us has a 24-hour day, and exercising requires setting aside some of that time just for you. That decision requires a lot of self-control, discipline, and willpower, all of which are like muscles in that they get stronger with use.
Developing a habit of exercise enables us to see other aspects of our lives that, with a little effort, could be made better. Moreover, the more changes we make for our health, the less room there is for poor decisions.
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