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Don't Let Negative Days Get You Down

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Don't Let Negative Days Get You Down
Haley Cohn

Heading to the gym can be a drag. Depending on the day or what mood you’re in, your workout can be affected. Learning how to use the elements of the day to strengthen your workout is one of the hardest things to understand. Everyone works differently when it comes to creating his or her drive for the gym.

The hardest part about working out is putting on the clothes, and just doing it. Often the negative thoughts of the day push people to want to just shower and put on comfy clothes and forget about it. What people don’t understand is that the gym can be that place to let is all go. When working out the body releases chemicals called endorphins. This chemical corresponds with the chemicals in the brain that reduce the pain and trigger positive feelings in the body (HELLO POSITIVE).

Being happy and reducing pain is two of the most important things someone could do for himself or herself. With everything going on it is sometimes hard to remember the drive of each day, but having a set schedule really makes a difference.

Exercise is a universal component to life, no matter the age. Understanding that working out doesn’t always mean pushing yourself over the edge, but just means keeping your heart rate up for more than thirty means each day. Exercise is like eating right, the more great you do to your body the more results that will show.

How can you flush out the elements of the day?

Timing

If the time of day affects the way you’ll perform during your workout, figure out what works best for you and go from there. Perfect timing and pushing yourself are two things that do not work well without one another.

Visualize

This is something that has been a universal idea for many years. Before taking on a huge element of life such as a sports game, a job interview, or a first date visualizing how it is going to go in your head before really sets the positive tone. This is the same for hitting the gym. Visualizing what workouts you’re going to do and how successful you’re going to be at them really helps.

Stretch

Regardless if you’re heading to the gym or taking a day off stretching feels good and it’s good for you. Releasing and stretching out your body helps make you refreshed.

Warm-Up

Before even beginning to workout it is best to warm-up the body whether it is through running, walking, biking, or floor exercises. Warming up and getting yourself in the zone for the rest of the workout really helps create that element of focus for no distractions.

Turn Up The Tunes

Music on; World Off. Turning the music up to some of your favorite songs and shutting out the world is something that is key for a great successful workout. Focusing on the words of the song, or the beat while doing an exercise also helps create a block of focus.


Knowing yourself is the best way to become successful for motivation to stay active. Living a healthy and great life-style is what it’s all about.

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