Move!

Do you want to feel better?

Exercise.

Do you want to have more energy?

Exercise.

Do you want to have better health?

Exercise.

Do you want to feel agile and young?

Exercise.

Do you want to sleep better?

Exercise.

Do you want to have better sex?

Exercise.

Do you want to improve your concentration?

Exercise.

Do you want to take care of yourself and love yourself?

Exercise.

Do you want to appreciate and value your body?

Exercise.

Do you want to build your discipline?

Exercise.

Exercise isn’t optional. It’s a necessity. It will always be a good idea, and you’ll never regret it once you’ve done it.

So why can it be so difficult to start?

There’s nothing unusual about this. There’s a biological explanation for it, described very well by Professor David Lieberman, an expert in human evolutionary biology. In simple terms, our instinct has always been to conserve energy. For most of human evolution, that didn’t really matter because if you wanted to put food on the table, you had to work physically hard for it.

In other words, we had to move in order to survive.

Today, however, we no longer need to move our bodies to get food, so the brain doesn’t always see a reason to spend that energy. The brain likes to conserve energy, and it can come up with all kinds of excuses to keep you on the sofa.

That’s natural. But you know when you’re slipping into that state, don’t you?

A good friend of mine, and a great athlete, once told me: “Go for a run when you least feel like it, because that’s probably when you need it most.”

If you’re hesitating, the answer is yes.

So when you notice your mind starting with thoughts like, “Ugh, I really can’t be bothered to exercise today…” blah, bl