Recent research has been put together in America that shows a direct link between being happy and living a long life. They discovered what they call “subjective well-being” – e.g. not being stressed out or depressed and feeling positive about life – plays a role in how long we live and our overall health and we have found that using fitness to help you stay happy really helps.
Everyone knows and agrees that exercise works to help you lose weight and to improve the strength, flexibility and tone of your body. What many people over look is the fact that it also makes us happy because regular exercise has been known to produce endorphins which are a hormone that acts as a natural “drug” produced by your own body that helps you to feel great. This is one of the reasons why when you do execise regularly you are compelled to keep doing it because you want to feel that natural high, and also why when you take a few weeks or months off you can begin to feel down and a little moody.
There are loads of ways to help yourself feel happy
- Go for a walk
- Meet up with friends
- Enjoy a relaxing bath
- Watch your favourite comedy
They are all great but using fitness to help you stay happy means you are not only feeling great, but you look great too thanks to the exercise. This isn’t something I can write about to help you “feel” it is more something you have to experience for yourself so I want to encourage you to get in touch with us about adopting a regular exercise routine.
When our Clapham gym opens in April 2011 you will be able to join us for all kinds of fun activities and in the meantime you can still enjoy personal training sessions in the South West London area so call Carol or David on 020 3551 6739 or click the link to complete our enquiry form and we will get back to you.
About David & Carol Petersen
David & Carol Petersen run Results by Design Personal Training - a personal training gym in Clapham at 292 Battersea Park Road SW11 - Call 020 3551 6739 today to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation session and discover how we can help you or complete the blue form on the right hand side of our blog and we will call you. We provide one to one personal triaining, group personal training, classes as well as bespoke healthy eating plans and more. We help our clients lose body fat, tone and sculpt their body and look great outside while feeling great inside.
