Exercise Is Mental

I truly believe that a lot of people fail to even begin or maintain a exercise program is because they simply do not believe that they can do it and be successful. It saddens me, because you can do it. It is imperative to your overall health in so many aspects that no doctor will argue.

It is not to say that you will reach perfect health or that you won't falter in your exercise regimen or that you won't have days that are not as successful as other days. But 95% of it, is mental. There is nothing more powerful than your self talk when it comes to exercise. Here is a great book on building your confidence while taking stewardship over your body by Joyce Meyer.

It you tell yourself that you can not lift something or do a extra repetition or set, then I promise with all that I am you will be right. Do this enough times, then you will literally talk yourself out of doing anything at all.

This is not to say that you can tell yourself that you can lift way more than your capabilities and exercise for hours at a time. At no time should you ever do anything that is outside of your capability or threatens your safety. There is never any exception to this rule.

With that being said, you can add small amounts of weight at a time or do a few more repetition in order to push yourself to the next level. However, in order for you to do this, you have to tell yourself that you can and then believe that you can. Then and only then will you be successful.Read Proverbs15:4

There will always be days when you will feel either stronger or weaker than your known capabilities. Use the days that you feel weaker to confirm that you are stronger than you give yourself credit. Use the days that you feel stronger to confirm that you were correct.

When you do this, you will continue to build your confidence when it comes to exercise. The more your confidence is built, the more you will enjoy exercise and make it part of your lifestyle rather than something that you do for just a few weeks or months.