I’d to propose a paradigm shift about the word choice to describe what it is I am so passionate about.
If there is only one thing that I’d you to remember in what you read here, let it be this:
Healthy bodies create better solutions for their future.
The one proven natural, dynamic piece that statistically shows to create positive changes in how we feel physically, emotionally, mentally and how we fit into the spirit of this world really is MOVEMENT. And that is where the shift begins with that word because every single system in our body benefits.
Let me open up the ‘fitness scope’ a little wider and share with you what it means to move more today, and every day, that has nothing to do with “exercise”.
The state of the fitness industry , from the view that I share with other minded professionals in this broad industry, is blown beyond proportion of what the roots of health, wellness and physical education actually are and can be for you.
Often we hear the same repeated stuff, the same buzz, telling you what you need to do and showing those apparently ‘glamorous results’. We are flooded with advice, articles, ‘new studies’, formulas, & solutions from many sources including personal trainers that supposedly get you results, rather than you getting your own.
The end product of promoting movement that includes feeling good about yourself, your body and successfully aging is that you, as a healthy and aware body, emerge from a relationship with your environment, not as a separate thing that you do to your body.
A large step toward creating this future is bringing awareness, mindfulness and meaningfulness into what you are choosing to do with regards to creating a sustainable future of health and wellness .
Perhaps the primary reason that exercise is so powerfully therapeutic is simply because it moves our metabolic juices. It’s kind of using our muscles to pump the system, our system(s), to keep it juiced and fresh.
Without being all technical, here is a share of the 5 major systems that are directly affected by movement:
- Immune/Lymphatic system: protects and cleanses
- Neuro-Muscular System: controls and directs movement
- Musculo-Skeletal System: provides form, stability & movement
- Cardio-Vascular System: our pump & circulation
- Digestive & Elimination System: absorbing what we need and get out the waste.
What’s not to love about that? We move and we affect these 5 systems?
Some larger, reputable organizations are beginning to refocus the national message on PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, which truly can have a much larger impact on everyone than getting fit to lose weight or for aesthetic reasons.
We are born with bodies to move and along the way we often times stop or lessen our activity or go completely gangbusters and compete in all sorts of contests. Some of us have found we’ve established a long term relationship with our couch, while others are b...
