The benefits of exercise remain a critical component in improving our wellness in life. Progression in staying healthy and injury-free, improving ones overall fitness, and improving overall quality of life is a clear byproduct of putting in time and energy to a structured exercise routine. One technique for improving Life Time Fitness that we do with our Personal Training clients in Napa here is working on managing alcohol consumption throughout the week. Not only does alcohol elicit surplus calories to where they can be stored as fat on the body unnecessarily, but alcohol also affects other important functions in life. In this article we’ll talk about how alcohol is commonly used as a extrinsic motivator that is aimed toward boosting someone’s confidence and how exercise can be an invaluable investment to supersede the usage of alcohol and increase one’s positive outlook on life.
Sometimes by consuming alcohol as a recreational activity, confidence can be increased. The ability to be unhindered by any sort of inhibitions to say some things and act a certain way that you may hold back in a sober state are increased. Hence, having a drink before going out to a social event might be appealing. Once again, as stated in the beginning of this topic, alcohol can lead to deleterious defects in our Life Time Fitness and weight loss goals.
A benefit of some of the weekly goal setting tactic that we establish with our Personal Training clients is to abstain from alcohol a certain amount of days. We call these alcohol-free days or AFD’s. In addition to having alcohol free days, we also promote exercise to be done at least two to three times per week. When we eliminate alcohol and increase exercise, some of the benefits promote increases in emotional status and our physical well-being. After an exercise routine has been completed, a feeling of accomplishment is achieved. When we accomplish something, we feel good about it and those positive thoughts resonate into other aspects of our life. When we accomplish something we could feel a little more confident. In addition to feeling better in our emotional status, another aspect of confidence is the actual physical appearance that your body will achieve from abstaining from a specific amount of alcohol and from exercising the muscles on your body on a regular basis! We can see that there is a positive correlation in feeling more confident from conscious decisions that we make to improve our Life Time Fitness by abstaining from alcohol a certain amount of days and increasing weekly exercise adherence.
Imagine walking into a room 10 lbs. lighter than you were a month ago because you practice weekly exercise adherence and practice having a certain amount of alcohol free days per week. Your body will look better, your emotional status will be in a more positive and happy state, and other people will probably notice this. When other people notice this, more often than not this will be a positive feedback loop to being perceived as a more confident person.
Who needs alcohol to feel confident!?!
So the take-home message here is to practice a form of Lifetime Fitness that will increase your confidence. Life Time Fitness does not require the supplementation and alcohol, all it requires is a few goals of weekly exercise adherence that can be easily established to improve your overall physical appearance and increase your confidence.
