When it comes to being happy with yourself, working out sure helps. That sense of working for something bigger and better than what you are now is a big reason that it works in favor of your happiness. Also, the idea that you accomplished something that we believe to be betting out selves helps us feel good about the way we are living our lives. But what else about working out makes us happy. Besides knowing you are making progress and seeing it eventually, there is scientific reason for the good feeling we sustain when we work out.
The idea is routed in endorphins that our body produces. I know that I have heard of the "runners high" and have experienced it myself. Body had a natural response to pain and or stress that consists of releasing endorphins that make us feel good. The light or moderate work out or even cardiovascular exercise does not produce this feeling. However if you weight train hard or sprint and really push your body there is a change from aerobic to anaerobic state where your body is not getting enough oxygen for the work it is putting in and it sends out those signals. This is where you endorphins kick in! So, in short, besides the mental happiness we feel when we work out there is also the physical happiness that some people experience.
So go ahead, feel good and work out today!
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