Top 5 Benefits of Working Out for Writers

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You probably already know that working out has great benefits. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old; the positive effects of working out are the same for everyone. There are different ways of working out including running, walking, cycling, weight lifting, dancing, and aerobics. How often you workout affects how good your health is. Did you know that exercising on a daily basis can actually save your life and prevent potential deadly illness like diabetes and heart disease? It limits your chances of becoming obese and provides a natural high that no other drug can match – seriously! Working out is an essential part of life, and we all need to participate.

Here are some specific positive effects that you’ll get when working out:

1. It gets your blood flowing. When your blood flow is increased, it raises the amount of oxygen to the brain. This is what helps you to think clearer and easier. Increased blood flow also promotes the release of endorphins and natural painkillers, making you naturally feel good all over. Once your blood flows better throughout your body, it decreases your chance for heart attacks and helps you lose weight a lot easier by increasing your metabolism.

2. Working out increases the creative and natural thought processes. When you participate in any form of physical exercise, it naturally boosts your mood. This in turn creates a happier sense of being and causes your creative and natural thought processes to flow more freely and easily. It has been said that persons of a more creative nature will oftentimes use body movements to overcome “blocks”. This therefore relates exercise to be very effective in creative thinking because of the movements it involves.

3. Working out helps to improve your mood. When you exercise, your brain releases certain hormones such has serotonin (in women) and testosterone (in men), which have been proven to elevate mood. There have also been studies that have shown a very strong link to diseases such as depression and anxiety disorders to a lack of exercise.

4. Exercise reduces muscle tension and stiffness. People oftentimes believe that too much physical activity is what causes them to be stiff or sore. This is not always the case. Not enough exercise and general movement can cause one’s body to develop stiffness, soreness, cramps, and tension. Exercise is one of the body’s natural ways of releasing built up tension and stress. When done on a regular basis, working out can relieve and help prevent knots and tension that have been built up from stress, prolonged sitting, and prolonged standing.

5. Working out on a regular basis can provide you with a mental break. Say for instance, you are the type who finds yourself getting stressed way too easily. By walking, running, or lifting weights, you can find ways to eliminate those negative energies. Or, for example, you might have an anger problem. Getting a punching bag or taking karate classes are both great outlets for this type of negative emotion. Even if you just need a place to escape to, walking alone on the track or working out a gym can provide you with a wonderful coping mechanism and peace of mind that you will find no place else.

As you can see, the benefits of working out really are worth the short amount of time and energy that you have to put in.  Especially if you would like t see your writing and focus improve.  Thousands of scientists, doctors, and manufacturers have tried to create medicines that match up to the natural feelings of happiness, peace, and serenity that we experience from exercise. Still, there is no exact match that’s identical to the long-term benefits that working out provides. Doctors are steadily prescribing exercise to patients for better, healthier, and happier lives. Who can blame them? Exercise is the overall treatment for a better well-being and for your writing.

Marci Lall

Our guest blogger is a personal trainer in Toronto who focuses on helping women lose weight and sculpt their bodies.

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