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Treat Your Mind And Body: Top 8 Reasons To Train
January 24, 2006
Many people want an “easy fix” to improve their mental and
physical well-being. Unfortunately, there is no such
thing. Fortunately, there are martial arts. While it’s
not always easy, training martial arts can improve your
mind and body like no other activity. You’ll get definite
rewards for every ounce of energy you put into your
training. Here are the top eight reasons why you should
consider training martial arts as part of your healthy
lifestyle:
1. Self-Awareness. Training martial arts is not a mindless
activity. You’re not able to watch television, read a
magazine or simply zone out like you can when you jump on a
treadmill for thirty minutes. Training martial arts
requires you to get (and keep) your mind and body in tune
with one another. To do this, you’ll be very aware of your
body and your abilities.
2. Self Confidence. Being in tune with your mind and body
gives you the confidence you need to control and defend
yourself. You’ll learn that you don’t need to lose your
temper and you’ll know that you’ll be able to physically
defend yourself if needed.
3. Focus and Concentration. While training martial arts,
you need to focus and concentrate on what you are doing so
that you don’t injure yourself or those around you. The
best part, however, is that this necessity during training
actually carries over into the rest of your life. It
improves your overall ability to focus and concentrate at
work, school and home.
4. Challenge. In order to effectively train in martial
arts, your workout will always be changing. This means
you’ll never get bored. You’ll always be striving to reach
a new goal to get to a new level. Doing different
exercises works different parts of your body and mastering
new moves challenges your mind. It’s not the same old
routine that you get from exercise videos or from jogging
the same route everyday.
5. Stress Reduction. Most people believe that physical
exercise alone is a great stress reliever. Well, they are
half right. Many physical exercises such as a bike ride or
spinning class can help reduce the physical effects of
stress. However, if you do these activities, you aren’t
helping your mind relieve stress as much as you could.
Activities that require you to concentrate on your
movements and core strength can give you full stress relief
in one activity.
6. Physical Conditioning. Training martial arts uses your
entire body. Too keep control of your body and movements,
you can’t just use one muscle set at a time. With martial
arts, you don’t have to switch between upper and lower body
workouts. You don’t have to continually research new
movements so you don’t get bored. With martial arts, the
exercises are always changing and evolving to get the
maximum out of each training session. If you’re still not
convinced, here is another benefit to training martial
arts: regular physical activity can lower your chances of
suffering from heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
7. Flexibility. Flexibility training is a major component
to martial arts training. While many people think they’re
too old to improve their flexibility, it’s never too late
to start and the benefits of high flexibility really do
speak for themselves: People who are flexible suffer fewer
injuries, have better posture and are better able to relax
their muscles.
8. Self Defense. While many martial arts do not train
specifically for combat and fighting, the ability to use
self-defense, if needed, is there. This self-defense isn’t
even always physical. The focus, concentration, awareness
and confidence you gain from training martial arts can give
you the peace of mind to handle most situations.
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