Movement is one of the pillars on which health is built. Movement helps people continue to stay mobile. When you move, you feel good. When you feel good, you want to keep it up.
Now, this doesn’t mean you do a crazy hard workout and then feel like shit because you have muscle soreness. I’m talking about any workouts, including low impact.
Why don’t more people talk about the benefits for every person of low impact? Is it because they aren’t sexy or their platforms aren’t loud enough or do we not give a shit about a quiet walk or yoga? Probably a little bit of all 3.
When you’re out of shape, the last thing you want is to feel more out of shape, which exercise sometimes can do. But, you have to start somewhere.
You can be thin and still not have range of motion and have muscle atrophy. If you can’t pick something off the ground without being in pain. If you can’t do the regular day to day tasks, that's going to have a strain on your mental health, which might be the reason your daily movements have suffered in the first place.
It’s kind of like a marriage between mental and physical health. They both have to have their own space, but come together to make your body function properly.
Working on both is important, but I feel like the physical can have such an effect on the mind that it should be part of your self-care regime.
Who doesn’t like to feel strong and accomplished either? Not that every workout you will feel that. Trust me, in some workouts you feel like shit because you didn’t get nail a lift or you could have done better.
Movement needs to be a part of your self-care routine. A lot of people think self-care is pampering yourself or cutting negative people out of your life, which it is, too. But, physical activity should be a part of that. It will only enhance what you already are doing.
Movement is self-care. By moving, you are caring for yourself. Your best self. The one who is happy and beautiful.
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