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Have you ever dreaded your exercise session? Wondered how you were ever going to get up the gumption to get going? Have you ever had every intention of working out and failed? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are in the right place.
I have a little secret. Here is one thing you can do to never fail at moving your body again.
Just do it. Instead of saying, “I am going to walk for 30 minutes (while dreading it because you are too (fill in the blank), try the simple act of putting on your shoes and going out the door. Or start the treadmill. And let the magic take over. What you are doing here is ignoring that silly naysayer voice inside your head while at the same time starting to move. You might just surprise yourself.
Physical movement enhances brain function. I read an article this week about how walking can help us think. The author links walking and thinking to literary greats including James Joyce, Virginia Wolf and Henry David Thoreau. Walking has some serious physiological advantages as well. Increased heart rate, circulation and brain chemistry are obvious positive changes that help us think. Researchers at Stanford are beginning to look at the way walking affects creativity. And the big wigs at the University of South Carolina are looking at the differences between urban and rural walking on brain chemistry.
All we have to do is begin.
If your mind is telling you to chump out, play a mind game. Put on your shoes and go. Remember, anything you do is better than nothing at all.