How Fitness Affects Your Life

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Talent, skill, natural ability intelligence, opportunities, luck – these are all great attributes to have in our life. But there’s nothing quite so important and influential to our level of success in life than a positive, optimistic attitude.

Whether our attitude is positive or negative however, we’re not born with it. It’s something that’s gradually shaped over time, largely through our life experiences and through the influence of the people around us.

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The good news for those whose attitude perhaps isn’t the very best is that it can actually be changed. While most of us go through life letting our attitude just develop of its own accord. Usually based on how difficult or how easy our life is. It is possible to make conscious changes to the way we think that lead to a much more positive and beneficial attitude. And the better our attitude, the happier and more successful we will most likely be in life.

Here are 6 simple but effective ways. In which your fitness lifestyle will allow you to mould yourself a positive and successful mental attitude.

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1. Burning off stress and negativity

Let’s face it, it’s not that easy to be positive or optimistic about anything while you’re stressed and angry. And with the constant pressures of today’s modern lifestyle. Stress is an ever-present factor that many of us simply have to learn to live with.

Your thoughts at any given time largely reflect your mood. When you feel happy and upbeat, your thoughts are bright and optimistic. When you feel stressed and angry on the other hand. Your thoughts tend to be dark, pessimistic, cynical, selfish, and so on.  And of course, the way you most often think is what most influences the direction in which your attitude develops.

While it’s not always easy to avoid getting stressed, frustrated and angry in the first place. It isn’t all that difficult to burn off that negative energy either. And there are few things quite as effective as sweating it all out in a nice, hard workout session in the gym.

After you’ve left it all in the gym you’ll walk out feeling refreshed, invigorated and like the sun is shining once again. Like the feeling after a storm. Take a few moments after each workout to take a few deep, refreshing breaths and to think about how good you feel and how good it is to be alive.

2. Giving you self-pride through daily achievements

There are many things we can do to improve ourselves as people but very few people take the time to do any of them. On a regular basis because their everyday life occupies all of their attention. So they miss out and end up neglecting their own growth.

When you follow a fitness lifestyle, you achieve something positive for yourself each and every day. It doesn’t need to be some weight loss or muscle gained, however. Simply sticking to a workout and healthy eating plan is achievement enough.

Making these regular achievements strengthens your sense of self-pride. You’re on a journey of self-improvement and growth and that helps to foster an attitude of confidence and self-worth.

3. Teaching patience and a strong work ethic

Getting into shape takes two things in large amounts, patience and hard work. It’s one of those rare areas of life in which you can’t fake it or cheat. There are never any shortcuts or magic solutions. No one can do the work for you. You’re totally on your own on that one, and what you get out of it depends totally on what you put in.

Fitness, therefore, is a great teacher of life lessons. While so many people nowadays are searching for quick and easy results, get rich quick schemes, and putting the very minimum into whatever they do, fitness teaches us that success is earned, not inherited. No one deserves anything unless they work for it.

Being ingrained with these valuable lessons helps you develop a realistic attitude towards achieving success in your life in general. Rather than feeling entitled to be successful and waiting for it to come your way. You’ll be more optimistic about your own ability to create your own success.

Embrace the hard work that you put into your fitness. Even if sometimes you’re not seeing the results you’re hoping for. The development of your positive attitude and character are even more important. And more beneficial to you in your life than physical development.

4. Giving you more energy

It’s no secret that being fit means having more energy. And that means being able to attack each day with far more vigour and enthusiasm. How you feel physically directly affects your thoughts and your attitude.
When you feel constantly tired and lethargic, it isn’t possible to be too excited about anything. Everything is a burden and too much effort to worry about. Life, in general, is a struggle. When you feel energetic and vibrant on the other hand, your attitude shifts to one of positivity, enthusiasm and optimism.
Apart from physically having more energy, being accustomed to working out regularly also instils a mindset within you that you’re capable of overcoming hardship. In other words, it strengthens you mentally. This helps to build your self-confidence and level of self-belief in your ability to cope with life’s challenges in general.

Working out can also be stressful on the body, however. So be sure to take good care of it by fueling it only with good, nutritious foods, and also by getting plenty of rest.

5. Teaching your humility

Humility is a very important quality for a person to have, for two main reasons. Firstly, a humble person will always find it easier to connect and form relationships with quality people. Who has integrity and will make a positive contribution to their life. And secondly, a humble person will always be open to learning new things since they’re more aware of their limitations and need to grow.

Fitness is a great teacher of humility since, for most people, it is one of the most difficult challenges they’ll ever encounter. Making progress with your physique and fitness is always slow and arduous. Look around at others who are also working hard on their fitness and making progress – it makes you realize that there are many very motivated and driven people out there who can rival you in terms of your commitment and perseverance.

Always remember how far you have come in your journey, however. Never forget where you came from, and accept the fact that there will always be someone who has progressed more than you. Don’t be discouraged by these people, but instead let them motivate you to push harder. Allow your humility to put aside any competitive feelings and keep moving forward.

6. Teaching you to accept that you can’t control everything

While part of having a positive attitude is the confidence of knowing that you have the power to shape your own life, fitness teaches you that you can’t control absolutely everything.
 Sometimes the most careful and diligent people can have accidents and injuries, and worse still, sometimes the fittest and healthy people can contract serious illnesses.
This is an important lesson because we all know, life isn’t always fair. Someone who doesn’t accept that inevitably develops an attitude where they sulk and complain when things don’t go their way. That achieves absolutely nothing.
This acceptance will help you maintain an optimistic attitude that keeps you positive and open to new possibilities in your life rather than casting yourself as the victim when things don’t go your way.
When people think about fitness, the first thoughts that generally comes to mind for many is looking good, feeling great and being healthy. These, of course, are all very important, but as you can see from these nine points, the changes inside you as a person can be just as significant as the physical changes.

In other words, fitness is character building. It has the ability to make you a better person and to teach you the right attitude to find more success in all areas of your life.