Confidence comes with age sometimes. It’s one of the great rewards of this time of life.
Maybe you’ve raised a beautiful family and enjoyed a successful career, and rightfully feel strong about your achievements and standing.
But for some, it’s easy to feel insecure about our bodies and physical activity–to feel “less than” others when it comes to exercise and health.
So, let’s turn that around and discuss how fitness builds confidence at any age, including yours.
Principles of Living Well
Fitness Builds Confidence
- Improved body image: When we exercise regularly, we lose weight, build muscle, and decrease pain. This leads to a more positive body image and, yes, more confidence.
- Increased energy levels: Exercise releases endorphins, which have mood-boosting effects. We feel more energized and positive.
- Sense of accomplishment: When we set fitness goals and achieve them, even “small” ones, we feel capable, and we’re reminded that we truly can do what we set our minds to do.
- Improved mental health: Exercise improves mental health, reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Your mood improves, and you feel better about everything, including yourself.
A Few Basic Tips
If you’re new to fitness, find an activity you enjoy at a location that’s convenient. Remember, we’re here to help you get going, even if the solution ends up being somewhere else–so come in and talk to us today.
Set realistic goals, reward your successes, and either bring a friend, join our semi-private (group) training, or use a personal trainer. Accountability helps!
Work out for strength, endurance, and agility–all three! Don’t shrug off strength training. It’s the miracle drug as we age.
Finally, remember to celebrate your uniqueness as you find how fitness builds confidence at any age. You got to this point in life because you are your own special, fabulous, WORTHY person. There’s no need to compare yourself to younger models, fitter folks, or even your own past.
- That means you banish negative self-talk and thoughtless ageism.
- That means your practice gratitude and support others.
- That means you throw out the scale–because confidence isn’t based on one measly number.
Neither is your health.
Let’s go! You got this.
