The Efficiency Proposal

This is second part of the “Health” series at The Efficiency Proposal.

One of the most common stress factors: lack of exercise. You might be saying one of the following things: “Should I be signing my kids up to the local sports program?” “Do I have to run every day in order to be more healthy?” “I don’t have the time to exercise, how can I fit this into my daily schedule?” I’m not telling you to give up your life to workout. I’m telling you to be more productive to exercise.

If you need to manage time better, and many do, wake up in the mornings before work. For instance, let’s say you wake up at seven o’clock normally. Don’t just wake up at five-thirty the next morning. It will stab your body in the heart and make you look like a fool when you go back to bed. Instead slowly decrease the time you wake up. Try to decreasing ten minutes every three days. Even though it is still a quick pace, I find that if you are motivated to wake up, you will.

The fact of the matter is, exercise is key to living a productive lifestyle. It will change your life more than you could ever imagine. Until you are apart of the phenomenon you will never understand the shared secret between people who exercise daily. It’s an automatic connection while meeting a new person. The shared bond of working out could result to a splendid conversation with a friend or a new date with someone you met at the gym.

You might be asking at this point: what are you qualifying to be exercise? Is it weights, running, biking, swimming, or basketball? For a simple answer: Exercise is something stresses the body’s muscles and asks it to grow. It’s imperative that you do try to get a little exercise in each day. It will result to nothing but good habits.

1. Weight loss, looks

The first is the most common reason to exercise. The only problem is the motivation, or lack thereof, to continue and keep off the weight once your program has finished. Most of the time weight piles up after a long period of time because you are not committed to make a life change. Eventually the person will tell themselves they need a life change. A change in what food they eat or the things they do in their spare time will probably end up with a better body.

2. Quit an addiction

Although we will cover this topic later in the “Health” series, I think it’s important to mention it here first. Many people are looking to make a life change in their daily habits. It could be anywhere from biting their nails to drugs or alcohol. As a way to end an old habit, they need to replace it with a new one. By starting up running, they will try to end smoking. Addictions are bad parts of the living cycle and will continue to be that until we completely get rid of the negative ones.

3. Be productive with your time

The general goal behind this blog is to do this. Working out is a great way to do start being more productive with your life. It’s one of the first steps you want to take to becoming a more efficient human being. Exercise will make you utilize your brain and your well being and for that reason alone, I suggest you get right to the weights or treadmill.

4. Find new music

What tunes pumps you up? Is it rock, rap, instrumental, jazz or even classical music? Find some more music in your favorite genre and start running or lifting weights. It’s really as simplistic as that. Later, once you get hooked on your exercise you will have to check out StrongLifts or Runners World or [put site for your exercise] for form, but for now just get out there and motivate yourself with music.

5. Feel better about yourself

By doing physical activity daily, you’ll start to see that you will feel better about yourself. Your self-esteem, weight loss and productivity will all go in the right direction. How can this be possible when you have been struggling and grinding out hard hours to find yourself? The problem? You never have exercised.

6. Develop new skills

Exercising provokes getting stronger and smarter. The enjoyable part of working out is this: it’s your choice, it can be your upper body strength, your legs, or abs. You’ll be impressed quickly with your own growth and soon you’ll be doing twice the reps or double the miles in a short time with motivation.

7. Tell your friends

I can’t honestly say I know many people who haven’t shown off about working out. There is nothing wrong with it either. If you have poured your heart into a task to accomplish it, you have every right to not just brag, but also to encourage your friends, family, peers, etc. to do the same.

I’m opening the door, you have to step through it. Exercise has been underplayed for years. It’s really much more important than skimming through the television or eating another fast food meal. Remember: to always be proud of your work, to develop new aspects of your life and to devote your well being more toward being more productive.