The goal of any habit is to reach a friction-free state. It’s not about the mood you wait for, it’s about the end goal in mind and reaching it without friction. Whether it’s health, competition, or overcoming yourself.
Picasso said he made sure he was working when inspiration came. As in art in exercise. You will see no progress in anything in life if you only do esporadically and are undisciplined about it. Excercise connects you to your body and brain more than anything - we live through our sensations and it means your sensations become finely tuned
A habit will help my body stay strong and fit. While sporadically working out I am prone to injury from doing too much too quickly. I also can’t play in pickup sports as well. My weight fluctuates easily which is a problem if I can’t work out
Well, sporadically working out means you depend on motivation and as Mel Robbins said it " It’s garbage " Relying on your mood is like building on sand. Sure you can throw some bricks but you’ll never built a skyscraper. And that’s where habits come to play. You lay the foundations and build it up slowly but consistently till you already reach the stars. But heck what does a teenager like me know about human behaviour? I could go on on throwing facts and trying to impress you but the choise is up to you. If you want the skyscraper you’ll first need the knowledge to picture it, and the tools to build it. I think habits are like that. We try to understand them, but if we don’t try, the building crumbles. So my advice is choose the habit, and choose it now. Even a small google search could help you. First we make our habits and then our habits make us.
I have found it became part of my day/routine. Being consistent helps me to continue doing it. And I enjoy that time to improve me.
Sporadic exercise can lead to yo-yoing in your weight, where you may suddenly lose some weight because of your exercise but then goes back up quickly when you don’t work out which is hard on the body. Also working out regularly helps raise your metabolism, which helps maintain weight loss and/or meaintain a healthy weight. And I have also found that when I work out sporadically I tend to over do it when I do a workout and because I am trying to make up for not working out before. Which leaves me too sore to work out again the next couple days which makes it even harder to get into a routine
When I exercise routinely overall I feel great. I find sporadic exercise gives me join pain, lower strength, lower endurance, lower energy, prone to make poor food choices. I find internal organs function better as well because of lower weight and smaller midsection. Also a habit will ensure you stick with it for longevity of life and health. If I exercise sporadically I tend to skip days, then weeks, then months! Weight starts to pile on. Overall when I do something daily for exercise intensity or low intensity at least 30 to 60 min I feel physically and mentally great!!!
A habit sticks and becomes part of your life. Doing things sporadically will means it may never get done. The real benefits of exercise are realised more when there is consistency.
That’s a very good question. Let me share my relationship with exercise so you can better understand why I feel regular exercise is important. I used to be an athlete until I quit a few years ago (hmm may be more than a few). And as someone who had been regularly working out since childhood I had definitely taken its benefits for granted. I notice now, that when I was on my regular exercise routine I was always on top of my game. Amazing grades, better relationships, a very strong mind, awareness of my surrounding and time and a great focus on any task that I worked on. I had this ability to plan ahead, create goals for myself (both short & long term) and I had this crazy dedication to stick to them. (and I’m a big time procrastinator!). Naturally quality of life was a lot better. Once I quit I started to not like exercise anymore. It’s not like I was completely inactive I did exercise once in a while but it was just not the same. Exercise was not a part of myself anymore. Eventually I started to think of it as an unnecessary chore. I put on a lot of weight too ofcourse. But more importantly I had lost control over my time, my goals, focus. I had no dedication anymore..I wasn’t so strong anymore.. in a way that I needed validation and company of others all the time. I procrastinated a lot and was never satisfied with my work. I felt like I didn’t control my schedule instead my schedule controlled me. And my life was a drag! I noticed what was missing in my life and I can’t tell you enough how significant the benefits of daily exercise are!
Excercise is a borderline compulsion for me, so I understand how the body begins to ask for a routine even when you’re injured or need to prioritize time in the office. Working out in the mornings, however, is not something I’m used to- im still not sold that it works for my circadian rhythms, but I’m willing to give it a try
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