While weight loss is a common motivator for people going to the gym, there are many equally important reasons to join a gym.
1. Finding community. The gym is a great way to meet new people and socialise, in classes or exercise groups or even just on the gym floor. Meeting new people and making new friends at the gym can help motivate you and give you support to achieve your goals. Finding a range of classes here at Sound Mind and Body is easy, there are many scheduled throughout the week of all different types, including barre classes, pilates, yoga and circuit classes.
2. New confidence. Working out regularly will help you feel more at home at the gym, and in turn this will affect your self confidence in the gym and out of the gym going about your daily life. Being assured in your capabilities will help you become more confident, and working hard at the gym will improve your self-confidence by empowering you to believe in yourself.
3. Setting and achieving goals. This will help keep you motivated and give you targets to aim for, and provide you with the satisfaction and mood boost of achieving your goals. Consistently working on these goals gives you something to structure your workouts around and give you guidelines on how to adapt them as you progress. A great way to do this is with personal training, where your work outs are tailored to help you reach your goals as quickly as possible.
4. Building a sustainable routine. Incorporating going to the gym into your daily life and making it become a habit will make you much more likely to continue with it throughout your life. Fitting exercise in around work and socialising is important to ensure you are able to make time for it without sacrificing other things you also enjoy, as going to the gym can be a great way to complement you daily routine. Sound Mind and Body is open 6am to 9pm every day, allowing you to come to the gym at a time that suits you any day of the week.
5. Improving your mental health and mood. Going to the gym will reduce stress and boost your mood, positively affecting your self-confidence. It will also improve your ability to concentrate and maintain focus, improving how you feel for the rest of the day. Exercise can also help your sleep quality and duration, helping you to wake up feeling invigorated.
6. Strength and longevity. Recently studies have shown one of the most important things to do to live a long, happy and pain free life is to do strength training to maintain muscle mass. Muscle mass reduces as we get older. Leaving us weaker to do everyday tasks like walking. By strength training we maintain and improve the strength we have to live a long, independent life.
