Exercises: Do we need varieties?

As the evolutionary species, we undergo changes and also we need changes. In association to this, the exercises for the purpose of our health and fitness need to have varieties. There are two phases to the exercises namely the experimental phase and operational phase. There is clear distinction between the phases while one progresses through the exercises.

Experimental Phase: As a beginner, the first phase involves in getting many different varieties of the exercise formats. This is an experimental phase where one is testing the suitability of the exercises and the following benefits that one gets out of the exercises. Also, the varieties in the exercises keep the person to stay motivated to try out all the different exercise formats.

The drawback with the experimental phase is that the body is subjected too many variables. There is a high probability that the body gets confused by the varieties. A systematic training is the key element for the body to get trained.

An important aspect for the sustainability during the earlier days of the exercise regimes is to stay motivated. So, to stay motivated, it is good to work on the varieties of the exercises during the experimental phase.

 Operational Phase: Body has an inbuilt intelligence. The intelligence and hence the body can be trained when the exercises follow certain protocols such as regularity, timing of the exercises & the emotion that one attaches to the exercises. In this phase, the set of exercises is fixed. The external variability is stopped with the fixed set of exercises. This now gives an opportunity to see the variables within you, your internal elements such as your feelings, bodily sensations & your thought process.

Now, the fixed set of exercises acts as a mirror in which one sees himself, his own internal world. Every day, the set of exercises are the same but the way how one feels with the exercises are different as the internal state of the person depends on his mind, emotion & body corresponding to the corresponding day.

Exercises have now become a monitoring tool to witness our own internal state. This enabled awareness plays a vital role in bringing one to a balanced healthy state.

You are clearer to yourself with the fixed set of exercises. Exercising has two paths. First path is related to the actions that we do in moving the body and second path is related to the feelings that we get out of those actions. The actions are voluntary whereas the feelings are involuntary. With voluntary conscious actions, we gain access to our involuntary subconscious internal system. Such is the power one gets by fixing the exercises routine.