Mental Benefits of Exercise

Mental Benefits of Exercise

Here is what exercise can do for your mind:

-          Improve your concentration.

-          Help you to stay focused on your diet.

-          Help you avoid lapsing into old eating habits.

-          Prevent you from becoming breathless so readily.

-          Make you look better and feel better.

-          Build a positive mental attitude.

-          Alleviate your fear of challenging physical tasks.

Within four or five weeks of exercising regularly, you will begin to notice significant physiological changes. You will feel stronger both because you are building muscle mass and because you are reeducating the nerve pathways that send signals between your brain and your muscles. If you have been sedentary, those pathways have been stagnant, as you begin working out, the pathways become more polished and you will feel much more alert. Activity breeds activity. The stronger you become, the more enthusiastic you will be about physical challenges.