Fitness your health

I have been working out since I was 10 years old. I remember I used to pick up laundry baskets full of clothes and pretend that they were weights. I didn't know what it meant to be healthy. All I knew was that picking up heavy things gave you muscles, just like my favorite superhero; Superman! Now that I am older, I work out not for my physique, but for my health.

I feel like too many people these days work out for the wrong reasons. Many do it because they want to be "buff" and attract the opposite sex. But the worst reason people work out is because they don't want to be "fat". When a person works out, they should work out because they want to be healthy, not because they don't want to be fat. They should look at the physique that they acquire through working out as the side-effect of being healthy.

Hollywood has portrayed the message that all that matters is looks. And when looks is what is emphasized it leads to individuals taking steroids and doing other activities that is detrimental to one's health to achieve that certain physique.That's what makes working towards a physique so dangerous.  It is the wrong attitude to have. I was guilty of this growing up, but now I have realized what is truly important is my health

When you put your health at the top of your list, you are more likely to stick with your work out routine. It will make you focus more on how you feel and not how you look. And before long, you will have your good health, and your physique will follow.