Is Physical Conditioning Thriving?
Is physical conditioning part of thriving? Ask an extreme athlete and the answer is obvious. They are able to dare life threatening feats because their body will perform as requested. Does the “everyday man” need excellent physical conditioning to thrive?
There are many benefits to physical exercise. As a basic tenet of health, exercise flushes inflammation and helps the body replenish with nurturing chemicals. New studies link physical exercise more than staying mentally active as a defense against dementia because it pumps blood to the brain.
A Physical Regimen is Comprehensive.
A physical regimen is diet, exercise, relaxation, and sleep. Athletic coaches have often told athletes if they want to improve performance then sleep more. Top athletes will often try for 10 hours of sleep a night. Relaxation is part of allowing the body to mend and solitude is a great vehicle for resetting the nervous system.
One of the most important performance measures for success is creativity. Creativity is developing competitive edge ideas and problem solving. Ask a creative person what measures they take to get in a creative mood and how they prioritize their time to be creative and you will find it is a top priority.
Creativity is a Peak Performance Activity
Creativity needs a relaxed nervous system. Creativity sources the subconscious and intuition as well as intellectual powers to find epiphanies and breakthrough ideas. Exercise is one of the most efficient endeavors to reset the nervous system. It pumps blood to the brain and oxygenates the blood improving the cardiovascular system.
A thriving worker has energy, resilience, optimism, and lives with great health. A prime body needs nutrition and exercise. A thriving life needs challenge, risk, and purpose. There are various degrees of thriving, but part of thriving is self-actualizing which is a whole-body concept of being the best we can be.
Thriving and Happiness Ride in the Same Wagon
Thriving is a form of happiness which is a biological process of producing hormones and neurotransmitters that stimulate and reward behaviors. Those happiness brain chemicals are dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. The thriving personality is learning, creating, contributing, caring, protecting, and exercising.
Develop daily habits that feed all the qualities of thriving through time management. Make each of the behaviors important and reduce time wasting activities. Make the least important last on the list. Prioritize exercise to fuel all the other behaviors. Learning, creating, and contributing will reach peak performance easier when coupled with a vigorous exercise regimen.
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As a Thriving Worker Consultant, I can engage in conversations with employers on how to begin the process of helping workers thrive and reach peak performance. It begins with a conversation to see how far an organization is willing to go to change the culture for workers.
Great practices for daily living can be learned with the Markap Series of Books. If your organization would like live presentations or Zoom meetings, they can be arranged for small to large groups.
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