5 Reasons to Workout Every Day

Do you workout consistently or only once in a while? Here are 5 reasons to workout that will benefit you as you get fit for the glory of God.

We are to be doing everything with all our might, and strength, and to the glory of God. Time is short and it’s so much easier to live life when we feel great.

Here are the reasons to workout, that I found to be important in my life. I’d love to share them with you.

I did happen to be sort-of-athletic but that kind-of-dissipates as we age as our body changes.

When I was in high school and college, I had a love/hate relationship with running. I could have been on the track team but never pursued it.

I also loved to swim.

Naturally. I grew up where the humidity was extreme and finding some water to jump into was refreshing. Sometimes. I remember jumping into the pool only to find that the water was hotter than the air temperature!!

You would find me on the high dive contemplating a perfect jack-knife whenever possible.

Once I was married and had children, the time and motivation did not always exist. I would ‘think’ about doing a workout once a month when my body and hormones were out of shape.

Are you in midlife or approaching that season? If so, here are 5 reasons why you ought to find time to workout.

Five Reasons to Workout Every Day

A workout gives you an energizing boost. No, really, it does!! If you workout first thing in your day (as possible) you will find you are energized for the entire day. When children are little you have to be creative in finding time for a workout. Maybe you will do it with them crawling around you. This is what happened when I exercised when my children were little. A Workour helps to keep muscles and bones strong enough for lifting small children. It also boosts how you feel about yourself which is why I love using the Bible verse in Psalms 139:14.
A workout increases productivity. Now, who doesn’t need that?! Twenty-four hours (with hours subtracted for sleep) are just NOT enough hours in the day of a mama!! Would you believe that those 15+ minutes doing a workout will give you a payback in productivity? What could be better than that?! Movement of our body each day increases the functionality of our brains making both hemispheres integrate and work together more effectively. If you do exercises that cross the mid-line (the line straight down the center of your body) you will improve cognitive thinking. Incredible isn’t it?! We are
fearfully and wonderfully. Do you know that right well??
A workout is a calorie burner even when resting. Not only will you burn calories while you are exercising but you will burn them when you slow down, sit, or sleep!! Amazing!! I’m totally “IN”, are you?? I try to eat healthy to keep the 25 pounds I lost 8 years ago from creeping back onto my body.
Workout because you’ll feel better if you do!! You will have issues that can be avoided or at least decreased through movement. When I don’t move my body, typically I have a very sluggish, melancholy, dull thinking sort of feeling. I wake up feeling overly tired for no good reason at all. There are times that I have been convinced that I was on my way to having blood sugar issues. I have been intentional about working out the last 5 years, symptoms such as back discomfort have all but decreased or disappeared. At least I can say that if I wake up feeling ‘lousy’ the feeling is gone once I’m done with my workout.
A workout is a stress buster!! Yes, it really and truly is!! We all go through times in our lives that are just so stressful that we see no relief in sight. Maybe it is our marriage, or finances (which becomes our marriage), or one (or two) of our children (which affects our marriage), or some disastrous event in life (unfortunately we aren’t promised a rose-garden-life as Believers). I am here to tell you that although working out doesn’t remove the “stressor” in your life, it does help you to balance that stress so that you can more effectively deal with it in wisdom. God can use our workout to balance us out.