Gym and Its Importance
Gym classes can expose an individual to health and activate operations needed for physical fitness. An individual who is fit has the ability to exist and enjoy life to the utmost. Physical and psychological fitness play a very crucial role in everyone’s life and those that are mentally and physically fit are less exposed to clinical issues (Acevedo 6). Fitness does not mainly refer to the general state of being fit physically but it is the cognitive state also. When an individual is fit physically but unwell psychologically they will not, therefore, perform optimally. Mental fitness is usually obtained if the physical body is functioning as required. The mind can best be relaxed when stress is eliminated through the regular gym or physical exercising and eating the right food portions (Acevedo 6). Gym is essential in reinforcing active functioning by relaxing the psychological state and the body.
Being fit necessitates a general transformation in the manner in which individuals live. One will not attain physical fitness just by changing diets since physical activities that seek to create wellness are necessary (Stocchi and Feo 212). The advantages of the gym are that it encourages and increases physical activities. The gym is important as it leads to losing weight that might expose one to chronic illnesses such as diabetes. In addition, it leads to a better feeling as physical exercises result in the body releasing cheerful substances known as Endorphins (Stocchi and Feo 212). These chemicals normally cooperate with the brain thus lowering pain and a higher split arises. More so, physical exercises improve sleep. Due to excessive working and stressing most individuals are forced to turn and struggle prior to getting a good sleep which in most cases leads to the adoption of sleeping aids and medications so that one can sleep and work well the following day. On the other hand, physical exercise tires the entire body and particularly the muscles but leads to relaxation which encourages sleep (Stocchi and Feo 212).
Physical exercise has an additional benefit of reducing stress and anxiety (Acevedo 7). Sometimes it becomes particularly demanding even to attend gym exercises and for those with weight issues or self-doubts due to the physical appearance physical exercising at the gym might generate some uncomfortable and stressful sensations since it becomes even worse when the environment is characterized by individuals who are diverse (Acevedo 7). However, regardless of all these, the gym is useful in minimizing stress by increasing confidence which results in healthiness. The activities at the gym are very demanding and there is little to no time for thoughts that might be influencing stress and in turn, the activeness will propose a feeling of joy and harmony. The gym also enhances an individual’s self-esteem (Acevedo 8). This is because in the modern society where physical appearance is essential he gym will offer the physical body that one desires by fully committing to working to the utmost. It is when this desires and expectations are meant that the self-esteem and morale will, in turn, be increased thus enabling individuals to achieve even greater things which they thought were not possible.
In summing up, physical exercises are useful for the body and beneficial to health. Regular physical exercises will lead to the relaxation of the body and mental state thus resulting in wellness. Psychological and physical functions are directly connected and one cannot be effective without the other and the gym offers wellness for both. Weight loss is essential in ensuring that certain illnesses such as diabetes are prevented.
Work Cited
Acevedo, Edmund O. The Oxford Handbook of Exercise Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Stocchi, Vilberto, and Feo P. De. The Role of Physical Exercise in Preventing Disease and Improving the Quality of Life. Milano: Springer Italia, 2007. Print.
