Lifestyle & Mental Fitness

This week's blog is all about mental fitness and why it is so important to maintain your mental fitness to see results physically. When it comes to living a healthy and balanced lifestyle, managing your mental health is just as significant as training 2-4 times per week. Why? Well firstly because when it comes down to living a healthy, happy and sustainable lifestyle, it is all about MINDSET. How do you create a good mindset? Well it starts with how you are feeling, your thoughts, habits and creating a positive outlook every day.

Have a Positive Outlook

1. Good mental health

2. Active lifestyle 3. Balanced diet

Once you accomplish and get comfortable with these three things then everything else will fall into place. Trust me.

But going back to mental health, how can we actually create a sustainable routine that you will be able to maintain and manage each day? Let's start with these three things:

## 1. Nail your morning routine

Morning routine? Well, firstly, do you make your bed every morning and is it the first thing you do? Do you draw your curtains after that before making a cup of tea or jumping in the shower? It might sound simple but once you make your bed, that is one productive and cleansing task done and you have set yourself up for the day.

## 2. Evaluate your social media usage

Social Media. Wow what a concept of the 21st century, a platform which has truly evolved over the last ten years and yes it can be very overwhelming. Ask yourself this, how many times a day do you go on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and find yourself scrolling endlessly? Now I'm not saying you should stop entirely but just take a step back and be conscious as to how many hours you are on your phone. Is it for any benefit? Does it make you feel better about your life (probably not), is it the real world or people's real lives? (probably not). In January, I came off my personal IG account and I wouldn't look back, I didn't miss it at all which says a lot, what actual benefit does it bring to my life?

## 3. Review your exercise schedule

Exercise. Our mission at TP is to give everyone the opportunity to train, exercise and make it part of their lifestyle. It is possible for everyone to exercise and do this. As humans we tend to make too many excuses when it comes to exercise. Can't afford it, not enough time, not confident enough, I don't want to get "big". Let's find solutions, not excuses!

The best way to exercise or train is plan it in your week like you would any appointment. Know when you are going to go to the gym, see your PT, go for those walks or weekly runs. It is possible, you can wake up earlier, block out your lunchtime or book in a session with your coach.

Exercise and training are healthy drugs, especially resistance training. The benefits of resistance training are truly unending, check out our other blog posts for more information on this. Alternatively view our testimonies on our website to see true and real results!

Most importantly, exercise is MASSIVE for your mental health. It reduces symptoms of anxiety, depression and feelings of low mood. It gives you a huge energy boost and lift which leaves you feeling fulfilled and ready to go for the rest of your day.

## Take Action This Week

So, taking this all in, can you prioritise your mental fitness this week? Take some time out to review your lifestyle, is there anything you can do to help your mental health to then support your overall health.

If you need any further advice, please don't hesitate to contact us! We hope that you have learnt something from this blog, and this has given you a boost to rethink your lifestyle and exercise regime.

Simply email info@tphealthfitness.com for more information on our programmes and what we can do to help you with your health and lifestyle. Book your 30 mins consultation with us today!

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