REVIVING YOUR LOVE FOR EXERCISE
We have a genuine love and hate relationship with exercise. We all seem to know the benefits that come with keeping the body active, yet some of us truly enjoy the process and the feeling we’re left with after a workout, while others think of it as a chore, a painful but necessary evil that needs to be done. Most of us lie somewhere in between.
We go through ups and downs, periods of high and low activity, excitement and boredom. It really boils down to how much time, energy and motivation is left in the tank at the end of each day. That’s the trap a lot of us fall into.
Based on the latest available data, over three in 10 adults aged 18-64 aren’t meeting the recommended amount of exercise with researchers at Duke University's School of Medicine suggesting that physical decline begins in our 50s. As we join the 40s and 50s club, we are often too exhausted to fit it all in, so we exercise less or stop altogether.
It’s understandable, life is busy, it’s often chaotic. On the one hand we have work, family, responsibilities that inevitably put us to the bottom of the priority list. On the other, we know we are getting older, we might experience aches and pains and we feel we can’t do it anymore, or we are just not bothered. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s some tips to rekindle your love for exercise so you too can reap the benefits that come with enjoying an active lifestyle.
SHIFT THE WAY YOU THINK
This story is from the October 2023 edition of MAXIM Australia.
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