The best thing about exercising and working out is not what you think. Let me explain with a story from when I was training for the Olympics.
I used to take my training diary with me to every training session I did. In it were motivational quotes, my training program where I would record what I did in that session and how I felt, reference material and ideas for various sessions, inspirational images … and a poem.
I often looked at that poem in the middle of a session and it would motivate me. It reminded me of the hidden reason(s) why a workout is so good.
“What is a workout?
✓ A workout is 25% perspiration and 75% determination.
✓ Stated another way, it is one part physical exertion and three parts self-discipline.
✓ Doing it is easy once you get started.
✓ A workout makes you better today than you were yesterday.
✓ It strengthens the body, relaxes the mind and toughens the spirit.
✓ When you workout regularly, your problems diminish and your confidence grows.
✓ A workout is a personal triumph over laziness and procrastination.
✓ It is the badge of a winner – the mark of an organised, goal-oriented person who has taken charge of his or her destiny.
✓ A workout is a wise use of time and an investment in excellence.
✓ It is a way of preparing for life’s challenges and proving to yourself that you have what it takes to do what is necessary.
✓ A workout is a key that helps unlock the door to opportunity and success.
✓ Hidden within each of us is an extraordinary force.
✓ Physical and mental fitness are triggers that can release it.
When you finish a good workout, you don’t simply feel better … you feel better about yourself.”
Read that last line again.
That is the hidden reason why a workout is so good. Beyond getting a better body and being healthier.
