What are the top 3 things you love about working out besides weight loss/muscle gain?

sdavis484

Mine are:
1. It makes me impressed with my body seeing how strong and able it is.
2. It greatly improves my mood/anxiety (just ask my family lol).
3. I am a huge extrovert/stay at home mom and it makes me happy just being around other people.

TriathleteDeb

1. More positive outlook
2. Increased energy
3. Gaining a fitness community

fiddletime

Home work out- it’s the way I start my day and makes me feel mentally and physically balanced and stronger.

At gym- like the people and workout community and do things I’d never push myself to do at home in my strength and endurance class.

I’m 65.

girlwithcurls2

1. Feeling strong.
2. Being able to do something physically challenging just because I want to- sign up for a 10K, go for a great hike that someone else found, etc.
3. And my biggest favorite thing.... <drumroll, please> AN AWESOME NIGHT'S SLEEP!!!

claireychn074

1. It’s my time, the only thing I do totally for me
2. Makes me relax
3. I have a great crowd of gym buddies who are there if I need support

GiddyupTim

1. The joy of movement.
2. The diversion, since I don't drink or have many other serious hobbies.
3. Being outside, since I work inside, at home.

quiksylver296

1. Mental focus/training
2. Feeling badass
3. Gym fam

sardelsa

1. It's fun and gives me stress relief
2. The good tunes
3. Trying out new exercises and experimenting

vivo1972

1) Being alone exploring new trails and feeling at one with the elements
2) Riding with friends occasionally and stopping halfway for coffee, chat and cake
3) It's very zen and great for mental health and clarity

ElizabethKalmbach

1. Being able to do really impressive playground stuff for being "someone's MOM."
2. Being able to do what I love without help. (I make really big tents. People who have just met me sometimes try to help me put up my tent. The people who know me hold them back and whisper, "Just watch. It's magic." Tent canvas weighs about a pound a yard. Some of my tents involved about 70 yards of canvas, all of which I had to fold repeatedly and shove through a sewing machine. )
3. Knowing my body well enough to speed up PT and help guide my therapist when bits of me inevitably try to break.

PennyP312

1. Anxiety relief
2. Appreciation for how strong my body is
3. I get to listen to music that I usually wouldn’t around my family 😊

sweetbe44

How good and energized I feel after.
Reaching a personal best.
Stress relief

OdiroEasy

1) Peace and quiet and in the zone.
2) Sore muscles that feel so good when you massage it.
3) Feeling strong.

hlr1987

1. Being outside and on my own. I struggle if I don't get some time without people around frequently, so it works to de-stress that way, as well as the feel good factor.
2. Setting a goal and knowing that for the most part it is within my power to achieve it with a well formed plan.

HamptonsGuy

Feel Better, Sense of Accomplishment, Clears my mind for the day. (I wo in the morning). Looking for more wo buds. feel free to add.

rainbow198

1. It's my me time and I look forward to working out
2. Makes me feel amazing and gives me a lot of natural energy
3. Maintaining a nice, firm body composition
4. Hitting my fitness goals and making new ones
5. Being so proud of my progress and remembering how far I've come

Chef_Barbell

1. Getting out of the house
2. Having a hot fit body with awesome glutes.
3. Helping with my mental illness.

katarina005

sdavis484 wrote: »

Mine are:
1. It makes me impressed with my body seeing how strong and able it is.
2. It greatly improves my mood/anxiety (just ask my family lol).
3. I am a huge extrovert/stay at home mom and it makes me happy just being around other people.

I like the psychological benefit of feeling accomplished. It's a stress reliever to me, get the music going, feel powerful after I attack the stair machine. And beat myself at a level I set for myself, is rewarding.
It's fun, aerobics and activities like dancing.
And I feel less guilty about eating that brownie when I get home!

spraytanninghelens

My escape, time just for me when all I need to think about is my training.
Keeps me fit & healthy
Anxiety relief and great de stressor

SnifterPug

Improved confidence
Makes me feel good
Striving for (and finally achieving) a tough goal

gwinhart17

It gives me so much ENERGY throughout the day!

It suppresses my appetite

I feel proud of myself, more confident, strong, and I accomplished something positive

I sleep better at night

It greatly improves any anxiety and depression symptoms, and my mood

It encourages me to make better choices

Me time, and striving for the best version of me!

It's fun, it makes me happy, I laugh and have a good time with my workout buddies (my sister and niece 🙂)

I problem solve differently, i feel unstoppable. I set goals and crush them!

I have muscles!!!! Lol

SezxyStef

See for me exercise isnt' for weight loss or muscle gain....as muscle gain requires more than just exercise and weight loss can be helped by exercise but that's shouldn't be the main driver. Exercise is for health and fitness.

So it's easy to say why I do it. Mental health, I like being strong, to be healthy and fit.

mgfit2020

1. The feeling of having accomplished something (especially when I work out in the early morning)
2. Clears my head, improves my mood and my focus for the rest of the day
3. I've always been an [over]thinker/planner/dreamer kind of person. Working out makes me into a DOer!

HCAs85

1. Me-time.
2. Improved mood.
3. I learn more about myself, my limits, and how strong I am mentally and physically, even though it doesn't always feel that way.

katsheare

- Knowing I'm being proactive about my long-term health;
- Finding new things I like doing;
- Progressively getting better.

I'm a very solitary worker-outer, and need to squeeze that time into the rest of my family schedule (trust me, they do squeezing around me, too!). So knowing I've successfully done that in the day is deeply satisfying.

MaltedTea

1. Seeing tangible progress (lifting heavier, improved firm, etc)
2. Benefits of added strength to other areas of daily life
3. Extra energy #hulksmash

hesn92

1. Getting to do something only for me
2. Improves my mood and makes me a happier person overall
3. Improved self image and body confidence (not from an outwardly perspective, it just feels good improving what my body is capable of)

springlering62

Enjoying how *kitten* awesome my legs and pelvis look when I’ve got them over my head.

I can remember when a shoulderstand meant gravity pulled a *kitten* load of weight down down down, until it collected on my neck and strangled me.

And everything else y’all mentioned, too. I’m not completely superficial.

magnusthenerd

1. Reduction in my depressive feelings
2. Feeling stronger
3. Being in physical instead of just existential pain.

Talan79

1) decompression - love my alone time
2) looking better
3) compliments from baby muscle gains

i_fraser11

1. Improves my mental health
2. Can’t beat the muscle pump!
3. My alone time, which is time to shine.