Making a choice is an important part of every process, but the reason why most people fail in their choices is they tend to forget to choose this one informed choice.
An informed choice enables a person to know the real outcomes of his/her choice because they are well aware of their decision’s pros and cons. Making a choice alone is not very much different from making a gamble.
Take people’s decision to go to the gym. At first glance, it’s a commendable decision, right? At last, we can now see people standing up from their couch, throwing their bowl of chips, and heading up to the gym for some change.
But the question is, have they made an informed decision? Have they dug enough about the things they need to know about it? Or was it just because of an itch to follow a trend?
Without being equipped with enough knowledge, gym-goers must expect that its consequences will surely fire back and will aggregate the problems that they intend to get rid of.
Let us help you make an informed decision today through our list of the advantages and disadvantages of going to the gym.
ADVANTAGES:
IT DECREASES THE RISK OF VARIOUS DISEASES
The motivation to do regular workouts will lead to clear health benefits, like decreasing the risk of colon and breast cancer, arthritis, metabolic diseases, diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure. If people know how serious these diseases are, they will appreciate going to the gym even more. It will be like an arena to battle various diseases from taking over your body every day. As they battle these diseases early on, they are investing in a happy life free from diseases.
IT REDUCES STRESS
Exercises have been proven to reduce stress hormone cortisol and adrenaline because endorphins are discharged while exercising. Physical activities also spark the enjoyment in one’s brain and bring a person’s mood into positivity. Since the body and brain are tightly connected with the brain’s nerve connections, whatever is being done to the body is also being done to the brain. While the body is being strengthened to combat various diseases, the brain is also empowered to combat its own issues, like stress.
IT’S A PLACE TO KEEP YOU MOVING
It’s a workout place. The gym is specifically designed to free people, who want to work out, from all the temptations around that make them do nothing. It’s a place that pumps up your motivation to move, bend, stretch and sweat it out, and you’ll be more motivated because everybody you see inside the gym is all dedicated to their workout activities. It’s too embarrassing to be seen holding a bag of chips.
DISADVANTAGES
IT MIGHT DESTROY YOUR DIET (WAIT, WHAT?)
It might sound ironic, but going to the gym might actually destroy your diet. Food cravings may ‘level-up’ because of the new adjustments that come with going to the gym. Gym trainers will certainly implement new diet plans for their trainees that go hand in hand with their daily workout plans but a new diet plan that involves stifling one’s cravings to the fat and oily stuff might consequently aggregate a trainees’ cravings over these unhealthy foods.
POSSIBLE RISK INJURIES
With physical activities and exercising machines involved inside the gym, possibilities of serious injuries must not be counted out completely. Serious injuries inside the gym often happen when a gym-goer is not guided by a personal gym trainer that teaches them proper exercises and also protects them from serious injuries. Injuries happen when something is excessively or improperly done. That’s why gym-goers must not go on their own, and they should be appropriately guided to avoid the consequences of errors.
IT MIGHT GET ADDICTING
Having been too dependent on the gym may prove to be a big problem when gym-goers stopped attending sessions. They may have withdrawal symptoms that may be seen from other symptoms, like depression, guilt, anxiety, restlessness, loss of appetite, headaches and tension. Though the chances of having this kind of ‘addiction’ are very slim, it may still happen. This fact should serve as a warning.
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