We are all aware of how the human body benefits from physical activity, but there are other perks worth discussing.

In this post, I am going to focus on the mental benefits of being physically fit. These should be just as motivating, if not more so, to get you started on being super fit over 50.

Rather than telling you that being fit will improve your overall mood and sense of well-being, I will tell you why it has for me. I will take a look back on my own fitness journey and outline the specifics of how my state of mind has changed through running. I will discuss how these changes affect my views and interactions with the world. Most importantly, I will explain how these changes have dramatically increased my quality of my life.

What do I mean by dramatically? I’m the happiest fucking person I know, and it hasn’t always been that way.

To start, I need you to understand this fact. At any given moment, your conscious mind’s potential to experience happiness or despair is entirely equal. Regardless of whatever external forces are at play, you determine your state of mind. The choice is yours.