26/03/2021
💔Exercise when you don't want to💔
( sent this text to me and I want to share it with you🤍)
“As a 37 year old, I look back to the single most valuable lesson I have learned in life. It was told to me in passing by an older gentleman in a community center gym locker room when I was in my twenties, about 10-15 years ago.
I entered the locker room to change before working out and noticed he was just getting ready to leave. We made eye contact, I smiled, and asked "How heavy are they today?" A simple gesture of friendliness.
He smiled and said, "Only the first couple. Motion before emotion."
He sort of sang it to me. Motion before emotion... Over the next decade, this attitude became capitalized, highlighted and underlined in my mindset.
Exercise is easy to avoid in life. Especially to a newbie, the thought of it is very unpleasant, intimidating and easy to ignore.
Exercise however is an incredibly powerful tool in handling depression, stress and anxiety that life can deal you. I cannot overstate this. With regular exercise your mood improves, your ability to handle stress increases dramatically and your body performs with greater efficiency. You sleep better, you heal faster, you just feel good more often.
The ability to exercise regularly throughout the rest of your days will dictate both the quality and quantity of the life you lead.
Motion before Emotion.
Our bodies have this beautiful built in mechanism to help us endure physical effort. When we engage in exercise, after only a few minutes our brain starts releasing feel good chemicals(endorphins) to help us cope with the effort. Our body literally comes preloaded with special drugs made to help us feel good during strenuous movement our bodies!....”
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Source: reddit.com
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