Mentioning exercise can bring groans and frowns from the people around you. Not the kind of talk that will make you the life of the party.
Today GenuLines looks at how the effects of exercise might well make you the “toast of the party!”
10 Ways Exercise Boosts Your Self Confidence
Most anything, which can help boost our self-confidence, is good for us. One of the best ways to boost your self-confidence is through regular exercise.
This is not only good for self-assurance but also for better health. So how can exercise boost self-confidence?
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Here Are 10 Ways That Exercise Boosts Your Confidence:
1. Weight Control
Exercising along with healthy eating is the best way to control weight or lose weight. This is all about energy intake and energy burning. Of course, if you burn more energy than you take in, then the more you’ll lose weight. Being overweight is a confidence destroyer.
So the better shape you’re in, the better you’ll feel.
2. Improves mood
A good workout is great for your mood. Before you think that this requires a trip to the gym, think again.
A good workout could be a brisk walk or a jog. In fact, anything that makes your body work harder can be a workout.
What this does is stimulate brain chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. These promote a general feeling of well-being.
The results are less stress and anxiety.
3. It’s good for the heart
Regular exercising lowers the risk of various heart-related conditions. Exercise lowers blood pressure and reduces problems associated with diabetes.
It can even help in fighting heart disease. This is quite logical.
If exercising reduces weight it means that the heart has to work less. The heart is much healthier.
There’s also less pressure on joints and other areas of the body.
4. Keeps the body in shape
This is a bit different from weight control. Being is shape involves having a well-toned body and better posture. These are aspects connected with self-confidence.
When you feel good about yourself, it’s easier to make friends and more connections in life. You feel more confident.
5. More energy
If we don’t have the energy to do things, then everything becomes a chore. That can lead to feeling bad about oneself.
Regular exercise helps the whole bodywork better. The result is that chores become responsibilities.
And the more responsibility we’re coping with, the better we feel.
6. Better sleep
Regular exercise promotes good sleep. It’s proven that sleep is necessary for general feelings of well-being.
Sleep so affects our looks. Imagine preparing for an important meeting as you look in the mirror.
You see dark circles under bloodshot eyes. How confident will you feel?
So exercise will improve sleep. One word of warning – don’t exercise too near bedtime.
7. Improves productivity
Regular exercise helps clear the mind. Exercise gives you a chance to wipe the slate clean and start fresh.
As you push yourself with exercise you can realize new potentials. This in turn boosts self-confidence.
Very often, what you thought was a major problem before exercising disappears after.
8. Gives you something to look forward to
Once you have a reasonable schedule for exercising, you’ll start to look forward to it. This in itself is a confidence booster.
Once you start seeing the benefits of exercising, you’ll have the desire to continue. In the end, you feel better and look better.
9. Improves concentration
Exercise helps us to develop the necessary skills to concentrate on the task in hand. We’re better at handling tasks.
We start to see more praise and benefits.
10. Feelings of control and achievement
Working out takes effort, dedication, commitment, and care for oneself. All this can bring about enormous feelings of confidence.
Don’t Wait! Get Started Today!
Try incorporating regular exercising into your routine. You’ll experience the many benefits to your self-confidence that regular exercising gives.
JohnK 4-5-2021
Overheard: “Exercise should be regarded as a tribute in the heart” ~Gene Tunney
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