Force of Habit: Teaching Your Body New Tricks

CrossFit Fitness Centre in Vancouver believes that your body responds to the habits you teach it. Little changes can have big effects. Always feel lousy on a Monday morning? Your body may be readjusting to the careful routines which you neglected over the weekend!

Researchers in Germany have released information on the impact of smoking, nutritional habits and physical exercise on health and well being. Not surprisingly, the effects are significant. Most strikingly (as the study was carried out over an eighteen year period) results suggest that the habits of participants at the beginning of the study impacted their lives at the end.

At CrossFit Fitness Centre in Vancouver we see the positive effects fitness has on people’s lives. Many benefits of fitness and exercise have long been acknowledged such as the offset of heart disease. But as more research is compiled from all over the world, the positive effects attributed to a healthy, active lifestyle are multiplying.

The positives range from lower risk of diabetes to higher brainpower! The idea that fitness has an effect on cognitive processes has been around for a while now but only recently has its importance been fully appreciated. It is now thought that improved physical prowess boosts your concentration and allows you to switch between tasks without making errors.

The well worn phrase “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body” is more than a cliché! During physical activity, serotonin, doparmine and noradrenaline are released. These neurotransmitters assist in regulating brain signals. Drugs used to treat depression and attention-deficit disorders, employ the same neurotransmitters. This has implications for the young and the old. Older people who exercise more may be less likely to suffer dementia in their 60s and 70s. Children who exercise more may be better able to focus on their school work.

At CrossFit Fitness Centre in Vancouver we understand that physical activity should be life-affirming. The type of euphoria or high you achieve during a workout or during a sports activity has positive effects on your brain, including relieving stress by lowering blood pressure. CrossFit Fitness Centre in Vancouver help you tap into that euphoria in a stimulating team environment. We help you to build the habits which will serve your body through the course of your life.