Exercise for the joy of feeling good and getting better. Eat right with the intention of fueling your body with the things it needs to perform.
Interpretation
Engage in exercise and healthy eating for both enjoyment and improvement in well-being.
This quote emphasizes the importance of exercising not just for aesthetic goals, but for the joy and health benefits it brings. Eating well should also be viewed as a means to nourish the body, enhancing its performance and overall quality of life.
In practice
During a fitness workshop, I shared this quote to inspire attendees to view exercise as a joyful activity rather than a chore.
Bad habits are easy and discipline is hard-and βeasyβ is where people gravitate. A good work ethic requires a painstaking daily effort. Easy typically leads to a life long list of problems but the discipline of having a plan leads to an extraordinary rewarding life. In the long run, the easy way makes life harder and the harder way makes life easier.
Excuses are a list of self imposed obstacles that prevent you from having a better life.
Being physically fit helps me think better and feel better. I only have this one body. I want to make the most impact that I can; taking care of my body helps me help others. That's a big reason why I do it.
Surgeon generals are appointed by presidents, but our work isn't about politics. Our highest duty to to the public. Our true guide is science. Our job is to speak the truth about public health, even when it's controversial or perceived as political.
Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.
Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter.
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