Happy Exercise vs. Stressed Exercise – There’s a Big Metabolic Difference

Happy Exercise vs. Stressed Exercise – There’s a Big Metabolic Difference

Marc David writes in his article (clink on link above) how important it is to exercise with the right attitude.  He explains how, in the wrong context exercise can "wear us down, elevate cortisol and insulin levels, generate inflammatory chemicals, and lock us into a survival metabolism in which we vigorously store fat and arrest the building of muscle. When we exercise and move from a place of inspiration, freedom, and joy our body will love us right back by rewarding us with a hotter calorie burning metabolism."

This supports my beliefs that to reach our exercise goals, whether they may be to become slimmer, fitter or healthier, we should first find some form of exercise that we can enjoy so that we are motivated to exercise for pleasure. When we exercise from a pleasure perspective we are more likely to feel happy and breath rhythmically. Exercise from a pain perspective and we are more likely to feel stressed and unhappy.

Now which would you rather be?