Aesthetic – You can directly control your body
composition (your muscle to fat ratio) through exercises: your body will slowly
start losing its natural tone and definition if you don’t maintain a training
regime, regardless of how well you eat and how regularly you cleanse.
Kinaesthetic Awareness – the more you exercise, the
more you understand your body in relation to the pace around it. Think of a
Ballerina or Kung Fu expert, they don’t trip or stumble when they walk, to the
contrary, they have so much grace and fluidity. All of this can be taught, and
the way you move can be trained: through posture, balance and movement
training, and pro-perception exercises.
Energy – When you are ‘fit’ you have more energy
because both your heart and lungs adapt to the stresses of exercise and they
essentially become stronger and more efficient. Energy is vital for our
wellbeing, and getting energy naturally through fitness has no side effects.
Mental Health – When you exercise your “feel good”
chemicals - endorphins – are released. Dopamine, a “happy” chemical – is also
increased: this can most commonly be achieved through endurance training. The
phenomena is also called ‘Runners High’ and this is one of the reasons why
exercising can become addictive, in a good way though.
Stress Management – Short or long-term stress can
cause your body to store calories as fat cells. In recent years there has been
much more research on female responses to stress. The key thing is to remember
that exercise helps distress. Studies suggest that group training is best when
stressed out as it fulfils the biological need to ’befriend’.
