Feb 3 in General discussion
How do you manage consistency?
Often times when I think back to the best times in my personal running career, I can usually match up all the times that I was doing great in all areas of my life with when I was doing great with my training. I was being a consistent as possible with myself and my running schedule. School was going well, Work was going well, and my training was going as smoothly as any athlete could ask for.
I often asked myself why this was. Was it my life going well that made my running consistent and more fun? Or perhaps was it the consistency within my running schedule that was making me happier by default?
I truely believe that it was the latter. Here’s why.
When your body under goes any kind of physical exercise it both increases bloody flow, especially and most importantly to your brain, and produces more hormones and endorphins than usual which makes you feel good 🙂. (Endorphins help relieve pain, reduce stress and improve your sense of well-being)
Essentially, when you run you’re effectively flushing your body of bad chemicals, improving brain function, and hacking your mood and sense of well-being all at the same time!
For more information on this kind of thing and ways that you can improve your mental and physical health take a look at this link to runnersworld.com.
They’ve got some great info!
I would love to hear your thoughts! How do you manage consistency? Or perhaps, lack there of?
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How do you manage consistency?
