If you aren’t integrating fitness into each and every day you are missing out on something that can make you feel great inside and out. Fitness isn’t just something that helps you build muscles or lose weight, it can do great things for your mind, help you be more focused, give you more energy, and strengthen your entire body.
It depends on what type of workouts you do on what it can do for you. If you are doing cardio, not only will you start to lose weight and gain muscle tone, but you will also be helping your heart and lungs be more healthy. If you are doing yoga, you are giving your mind and soul a workout while also building muscle and strengthening your core, among other things.
Fitness is healing, and it is even used in addiction recovery because it works holistically and heals from the inside out. Create a regular fitness routine for yourself, but do different workouts each day so that you are getting the most out of your fitness time.
Do Some Yoga
Yoga is meditation for your mind and body. You will learn to be more open and more balanced through a regular yoga routine. With yoga, you can go as far into the poses as you feel comfortable, but you don’t need to push yourself in order to feel its effects on your body.
Yoga helps build your core, it helps you find better balance, and it will help you learn to breathe more properly. Finish your yoga routines out with a meditation that can help you balance your mind as well, and you will be on the road to a healthier outlook on life.
Do Some Cardio
Cardio workouts are really heart healthy and they also do a lot of good for your lungs. Strong lungs are healthy lungs and allow for better breathing. Yoga helps your lungs too, but cardio gives them and your body a great, intense workout.
Cardio is also good for your mind because it helps release endorphins in your brain. Endorphins are feel-good hormones, so you will have an instant boost of happiness and energy. That seems like a good enough reason to workout for anyone. Because of endorphins, cardio is good for fighting anxiety and depression.
Take A Walk/Hike
Get outside and go for a walk. Sometimes just getting out into nature can help you feel better when you’re down. Plus, just fifteen minutes in the sunlight gives you the vitamin D your body needs to help keep you in a good mood.
Hiking is an even better workout than walking. This is because hiking terrain usually has a few more obstacles, like hills and tree branches to step over, and maybe even sand to traipse through.
Originally posted on April 19, 2017 @ 4:05 pm