Mental Health Benefits of Exercising

  Mental Health can be extremely difficult to battle with from time to time. It is within all of our best interests to keep on top of our mental health and attempt to improve, and make the most of, our daily routines in order to lower levels of depression within our minds. Exercising is an extremely effective way to overcome and take control of our mental health and will allow us to use it to our own advantage rather than it become a regular disadvantage. This post will highlight various benefits of how exercising can improve your mental health altogether!

Benefit 1: Higher Self Esteem

  

  Through exercising it is highly likely that your personal opinion on yourself will improve significantly. This can be in relation to appearance as you will begin to see physical progress to your body as a result of well disciplined training, this may come as increased muscles mass, more defined muscles or various amount
s of weight loss. A higher self esteem is not brought on solely through physical appearance however, it can be possible to feel better about yourself through seeing an improvement on performance whilst training, this may come in the form of improved technique of a sport or an increase in weight of a personal best repetition at the gym. 

Benefit 2: Better Sleep

  One issue that will contribute to the having a poor grasp on your mental health is through having an inefficient sleep pattern. Having an inefficient sleep pattern will result in a person not being fully motivated throughout the day and will likely leave them with negative thoughts and feelings also. One way in which you can improve your sleep pattern is by training at any point in the day. It is recommended to do this after work so that you are still able to perform to your upmost ability in this essential area of your life. Therefore, training near the end of the day will leave you more fatigued and tired and will ensure that you take advantage of your sleeping hours more effectively throughout the night. 

Benefit 3: Help Manage Stress & Anxiety

  Stress can be a useful tool that can bring out the best in our performance throughout the day, however too much stress can be extremely dangerous for our mental health and can bring on a sense of anxiety. Regular Physical training will allow for you to focus on something else for the time being and give your mind time to rest from any issues or problems you are facing. Allowing for your mind to have a rest from any problems you are facing will allow you to come back to them at another time and potentially another angle/view which can help massively with your problem solving skills.