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| Dr. Jack Harless Manager of The Franciscan Center |
In an article entitled, The Influence of Physical Activity on Mental Well-Being, published in the Journal of Public Health Nutrition, 1999, the authors concluded that “exercise has a moderate reducing effect on state & trait anxiety & can improve physical self-perceptions & in some cases global self-esteem. Also there is now good evidence that aerobic & resistance exercise enhances mood states….”
As if we need more motivation to get up and move, studies such as these highlight the importance of exercise, not just for the amelioration of disease and symptom states, but for general well-being, including mental wellness.
What this study doesn’t include however, are specific recommendations on how to accomplish this increased mental vitality. Unfortunately, most of us will start a workout routine this year and within a couple of months, abandon it. There are many good excuses why we can’t comply with our workout routine, time, conflicts, not enough energy, etc. In a word, we are not consistent.
I don’t believe any of us, in light of the current research highlighted above, would willingly place these excuses above increased physical and mental well-being. Most of us have just not found the right partnership that will successfully assist us in accomplishing our goals.
That partnership is Vital Life. Socialization is to exercise what gasoline is to a fire. Your exercise compliance & consistency will literally be ignited by participation in our vital life programs. Your physical flame will burn brighter & the light of your mental capacities can now shine like the sacred fire on Mount Olympus! Come get warm by the fire, and see active minds and bodies performing at their highest potential at The Franciscan Center.
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