When you feel good internally, it radiates through your actions and behaviors
The root of any tree must be strong and healthy if the tree wants to thrive and survive.
To get rid of the stress you have, you try to focus more on easy solutions, such as, watching your comfort shows, eating comfort food or even scrolling through social media.
But you don’t realize that this will only make the situation worse.
This isn’t going to get rid of any of your problems or create a solution to those problems.
The world will keep putting this pressure on you and it’s never going to stop, your only option is to change what’s inside because a strong inside can deal with anything.
Anything that hinders your ability to keep moving forward, you can take care in a casual manner.
Face any challenge head-on by relying on the strongest foundation you have, your body.
Now you may be asking what does being in shape have to do with the ability to deal with stress?
It may sound stupid but it does indeed help you deal with your stress.
And here’s the reason why:
A Scientific Answer
You’ve probably noticed that after a good run or an intense workout session, you feel “alive”.
The simple reason you feel that way is the sense of accomplishment, you overcame a tough challenge and did something beneficial for your health.
This feeling of accomplishment, in scientific terms, is known as the production of endorphins, which are your brain’s neurotransmitters that are responsible for your happy moments.
Every time you exercise, your body produces more endorphins.
Now if you think about it logically, the more you workout the happier you will feel, so why would it not help deal with your stress?
A happier mood decreases your cortisol and reduced cortisol levels have a significant impact on your decision making in stressful situations.
This wasn’t apparent to me until I started noticing the benefits of working out in my daily life.
But scientific facts aren’t the truth of real life, everyone is in a unique situation and has their own level of stress to deal with.
So here’s why you can achieve a relaxed state of mind through a fit body:
An Emotional Answer
A fit body makes you confident, there is not a single person I know who hasn’t gained any sort of confidence from exercise.
It truly is the key to your happiness and success.
If you wake up everyday knowing you aren’t a lazy potato, you are more inclined to achieve greatness, solve problems and be kinder to people.
Whether you want to realize it or not, if you aren’t happy with life it’s because you aren’t fit and healthy.
How can a machine function at its full potential if it is fueled with low quality fuel?
How can a machine do tasks more efficiently without any upgrades to the design.
You are a machine, maybe not entirely, but your body is a machine.
It helps your conscious mind walk, talk, and interact with other minds.
Your body is a visual representation of your mind and it very much determines who you are from another person’s point of view.
A clear mind represents a fit body and so it happens to be the other way around.
2 hours a day of temporary pain is all you need for a lifetime of a confident mindset.
Confidence in your own ability will grant you the freedom to make decisions intuitively.
And this confidence can only come from good daily habits such as exercising, eating healthy and clean as well as some spiritual and knowledge growth.
Don’t do it for anybody else but you because you know that it is going to impact your life if you are able to handle the stressful situations you are in.
People treat you poorly because you treat yourself poorly, this is the reality of the world.
What you are within is what you attract.
“Don’t chase the butterflies but create a garden for them”.
Fitness will teach you important lessons that you cannot truly understand from anything else.
It will teach you the importance of failure and getting back up even when you don’t feel like it.
It will teach you the importance of showing up every single day to reach a goal.
It will teach you that hard work never goes to waste.
It will help you deal with stress the right way by allowing you to take your frustrations out and shaping them into a positive energy to build yourself rather than tear yourself down.
It will teach you focus.
It will make you more confident and create more positive thoughts.
At the end of the day it is your choice whether you want to live your life without stressing about your insecurities or dwell on them and destroy yourself.
A truly relaxed state of mind comes from being proud of yourself and knowing that you can always rely on the one person who matters most, yourself.
A fit body is the key to unlocking that mindset.
