Beverly Monical

Have you ever read about the long-term benefits of exercise? It can
increase energy, decrease disease risk, add years to your life, good for weight management,
improved quality of life etc. Most of us are well aware that
regular exercise is a vital and critical part of looking, feeling
and staying younger and healthier over the course of our lifetime.

If you want to improve your life in every way, the best place to
start is with exercise. Our bodies need regular exercise; it’s our natural state
to be energetic and lively. When we don’t include it in our lives, we cannot
function properly and we cannot feel as good as we should. Regular vigorous
exercise will make us saner, happier and healthier. It will help.

A lot of us wonder exactly how we can motivate ourselves to
exercise. What is this special thing that is needed to get
yourself out of bed or out the door and straight to your workouts?
The reason no one can answer this question is because it is
different for all of us. One thing that is known is that part
of what determines whether you get to your exercise session or not
is your attitude. How you look at your planned workout has a major
influence on the importance and priority of it. Smile and really love it!

Making exercise enjoyable begins in your mind – If you have a
positive attitude and can find ways to make your exercise program
enjoyable, you will be much more likely to stick with it. It is
easy to find motivation to do something you enjoy rather than
making excuses why you shouldn’t do it. Exercise will never seem
like a chore if you are passionate about it. If you have a bad
attitude about this are you willing to change it? Have a partner and set a schedule
with him/her.

Let exercise help you to meet your other needs. It can help
satisfy your desires for social interaction, self discipline,
relaxation, self-discovery, or just give you a break from the
stresses of the day. It also can increase your sexual desires.
Think about your non physical needs that are important in your life,
and try to figure out how activity can help you to achieve them.
This can make your exercise program a much more powerful experience
and keep you going back for more.

Exercise – your strength and fitness – needs to be in the “first
things first” category, because everything else in your life rests
upon your good health. Time for fitness is always available when
you put first things first in your life. Schedule it in like you would
any other appointment and never cancel it.

If you have you forgotten how good it is for your sense of
well-being or have never stuck with an exercise program long enough
to experience it, you will soon have more energy, a better attitude
and a gentler disposition. It’s easier to be the kind of person you
have always wanted to be. Your strength and fitness are essential
to your good health, like eating right, sleeping enough, loving
your family and friends and working. Exercise should be at the
top of your list of priorities and be put first when you understand
and accept just how it important it is.

It is so much easier when you don’t have to force yourself to
exercise – you actually want to do it. They say it takes 21 days to establish a new habit.
Over a period of time, little by little – health and fitness can become a passion.
Make it yours.

The best recommendation I can give you is use Bodylastic bands, use a rebounder when you
are unable to get outdoors for cardio and always wear a pedometer. Get all 3 HERE.