We often think of our personal fitness as being all about “exercise and nutrition” but it is actually more about personal development.
The benefits of physical fitness are many. It keeps your muscles and bones strong, controls your weight, disease proofs your body, improves your mood, makes you sleep better, boosts energy and improves your sex life.
But there are key personal development benefits in good physical fitness as well…
creating self-discipline
treating the body with respect and…
setting and achieving goals are all excellent attributes to cultivate.
The mental aspect is one of the key benefits of physical fitness. If you learn the principles of success in fitness you can use them in other areas of life. The attitude it takes to succeed is the same, whatever it is you are trying to achieve.
The physical body is an excellent place to learn and develop the principles of personal development. You can see it and measure it. Progress or lack of it is easily apparent.
So many people do not see results because they set weak goals with weak intentions and give up. Somehow we have forgotten that our most important asset is our body and its health and wellness.
We cannot reach any our goals, do our work or fulfil our mission and purpose in life if our body cannot support us.
There is no mystery as to what is required to succeed. Proper exercise supported by REAL food is what it takes over a long period of time. You will see results if you stick to it.
Once you learn to master the art of goal setting, hone your self-discipline along with developing higher motivation levels you will be able to set your mind to other life goals.
Martial arts are an excellent example of how the body can be used to learn and understand deeper spiritual and mystical aspects of oneself and of life in general.
The importance of physical fitness goes beyond mere physical benefits.
The body and mind are deeply interconnected.
The benefits of physical fitness are that it sets the tone of constant improvement in a very tangible manner and it has flow on effect throughout the rest of your life. It is without question the ultimate fast path to self growth.
The more you immerse yourself in personal development the more you realize how interconnected all aspects of life are. Living a holistic life where you achieve growth and balance in your career, relationships, finances, fitness and spirituality becomes important.
Improving health and fitness is the easiest one of those to control and it is the easiest one to gain mastery of. Developing your skills there is a good stepping stone to making more serious changes in other areas of your life.
And when you make positive change in one area it has trickle down effects in all areas. The benefits of physical fitness will be felt in your work, relationships, finances and spirituality as well.
You’ve got this!
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