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As more research is done it is uncovering the strong link between our physical mental and emotional health. Never before have we seen these important parts of our human body as being so interwoven and their combined condition critical for our overall health and wellbeing. We used to think that our physical fitness was responsible for our health but we now know that it is way more than this. If we let our physical condition deteriorate from disuse we will experience a corresponding decline in our mental and emotional fitness. This can affect our everyday lives to a great degree and can even be life-changing at the other end of the scale. We all know how strength training exercise is good for our muscles, bones and even for controlling our body weight, but we also know that movement helps our brain work better. Everything from managing stress, making us feel good to processing all of our emotions vigorous physical activity is the oil that gets the wheels turning in our head when we think and feel. When we provide our body with the movement it needs to keep itself healthy improved general body circulation increases blood flow to all of our body parts including the brain enhancing all of our senses and improving memory. Hormones that control every process in our body are balanced helping us manage stress, anxiety, depression and anger. You will be able to think more clearly and faster when you take time out for your exercise program even just for 2-3 sessions each week. Anyone of us can feel the anxiety caused by negative emotions and proper exercise acts as a counterweight before they can become more serious and life altering. When you exercise intensely enough natural chemicals that soothe and calm us are triggered. These 'feel good' chemicals regulate and dissipate these harmful emotions chasing them away before they can entrench themselves in our very being. Another way a strength training program can boost your brain power is that it provides you with increased energy levels. When you exercise you are pumping oxygen-rich blood throughout your body including your brain generating a domino effect stimulating brain-wave activity that rejuvenates and gives it a rev up. When you get active creative thoughts and ideas are sparked and those creative juices can lead to a range of new thoughts or ideas that await further exploration. On the other end of the emotions scale is sadness and depression, which like stress can take over your life if not held in check. Your proper exercise program will stimulate serotonin a well-being hormone that will surge through your body elevating your mood. To be able to live our life to the fullest taking time out for our physical strength and fitness will give us better mental and emotional health as well. Those are bonuses that will not only help us live longer but live those years with a higher quality as well.
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