One of these tips suggests collecting positive emotional moments, and recalling pleasant, confident times. Over the years, I've found this to be one of the most beneficial habits of thought. Positive memories can provide relaxing one-minute breaks. They also enhance the ability to form visualizations accompanied by strong emotions.

Using positive self-talk upon rising each morning can help to get the day off to an enthusiastic start. Positive affirmations spoken with enthusiasm and faith are excellent mental exercises.

1. BETTER POSTURE - If you have rounded or hunched shoulders and want to improve your posture, here are two things you can do. Backward shoulder rolls and shoulder squeezes with short sustained holds can help strengthen you upper middle back and stretch your chest. Think of your chest as if it were the headlights of a car and always keep your head lights up. Avoid arching your back. You'll soon walk straighter, stronger and be on your way to better posture for life.

2. METABOLISM - Exercise not only increases the metabolic rate for the duration of the activity, but also for many hours after completion. Studies have indicated that the resting metabolism is still elevated some 18 hours after the exercise period. That means you're still burning calories long after you're finished working out.

3. WEIGHT LOSS - "It's hard to lose weight and keep it off". How many times have you heard that? The recent release of information saying that we have a fat gene is very depressing. It would be so easy to believe the "doomed to be fat" editorials or the notion that there's little that we can do about how much we weigh.

4. FLAT ABS - Don't get too hung up on having the perfect flat stomach. For some people, this goal may be impossible. Even if you are very thin, your internal organs may give a slight roundness in your abdominal region. The flatness of your stomach depends, in large part on your genetics.

5. HEART - Exercise has been proven to protect the heart. A moderate amount of exercise increase HDL cholesterol. It also lowers blood pressure, makes you less likely to gain weight, increases insulin sensitivity in the muscles and lowers the risk of formatting blood clots. Fit individuals have a lower risk of heart disease.

6. BMR - Our Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), which is the number of calories burned at rest, decreases with age. Researchers have realized that a person's lean body mass is the key to compiling a definitive figure. The best way to maintain lean body mass is by including strength training to your workout regime.

7. STRENGTH TRAINING - Is an excellent way to slow down the aging process, In fact, one researcher indicates that much of what we call aging, is nothing more than the accumulation of a lifetime of inactivity. For example, muscles shrink due to inactivity - a process we call atrophy and body fat increases as a result. Also linked with inactivity are risks of diabetes, hypertension and osteoporosis.

One of the most powerful exercises is the simplest to do: giving thanks for all that we have each day. Gratitude is a powerful spiritual cornerstone for personal power and mental well-being.


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