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I took some time and decided I would focus on public health and share my knowledge with my proximate community.

Jiggy Shamz

6/18/20263 min read

A vibrant photo of a person tying their running shoes, ready for a workout outdoors at sunrise.
A vibrant photo of a person tying their running shoes, ready for a workout outdoors at sunrise.

WHY YOU SHOULD PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH EVERYDAY

First things first: the purpose of exercise is to train your body to move and your mind to live in synchrony with those movements, all while reaping the benefits of natural evolution by sustaining optimized health and bodily functions.

Your first form of wealth is health. If you don't have health, living a functional life will be a challenge. For those of you who procrastinate and say, "Oh, I will just get to it tomorrow," you are lying to yourself. You need to live with one affirmation in mind: "It's now or never."

By this logic, you can take baby steps toward obtaining your life's goals, improving your self-esteem, and enhancing your quality of life. It will take major self-reflection on your part at first because you must possess at least a minimal sense of self-discipline. I say minimal because this journey is not a sprint where you give your best and then stop; this is a lifelong marathon.

You don't have to be a Gymshark athlete or even purchase a Planet Fitness membership to get motivated. To live for the approval of others under these conditions would suggest that health is not a priority that holds intrinsic value for you.

If you wait for inspiration... STOP. You will not get it and even if you do, It won't be permanent. If you have any vitamins in your medicine cabinet that will help create the placebo effect that you may need to push you into saying, "I feel strong today", go ahead an take it. Whether it be a multivitamin, iron, magnesium, zinc or even b12 for energy TAKE IT! But don't depend on it.

Your brain is always going to sound danger alarms whenever it feels that you are engaging in a high risk activity that might get you injured, killed, even embarrassed. To put it in the darkest context possible, your brain thinks your a bitch and too often you let it succeed. The hardest war you will ever have to face is the war you have in your own mind.

I do get it though, we are human and we feel pain, discomfort, negative emotions and such, but it doesn't mean that you have failed. At the time of this post, I am currently 35 years young and I can still run and walk long distances without fainting. I can still do at least 30 push ups and I weigh 185 pound on average with a height of 5'9 and I'm dealing with the disadvantages of my ectomorph body.

Reasons Why You Should Jump Rope:

1. It's an inexpensive work out with high ROI (return on investment)

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A lot of people sleep on the jump rope, but don't understand the potential. Jump rope helps every athlete. IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEE MOST UNDERRATED EXERCISES EVER. It covers everything. With just 10 minutes of jump rope a day your health out ranks the jogger, tennis player and swimmer by at least 200% in terms of time, intensity and substantial improvement in your joints and bone density. Try to start slow, I would not recommend if you have bone and joint complications or heart conditions. Don't aim to be as agile as those pro boxers you've seen on TV; remember my friend "baby steps" ....MICROSTEPS.

2. It has ELITE cognitive health benefits

If we compare this monster work out to the monotony of jogging/running for example. Jump rope WINS at a fraction of the time. When we jump rope the whole body is engaged and that includes the mind as well. In addition you technically would have already strengthened your calves which is one of the most important muscles you would need in sports that require running. While your legs are working you arms are at work as well AND that's including RHYTHMIC CONCENTRATION! (Let me find out you've become a professional dancer or musician overnight). Not just did you improve your rhythm concentration, but you've also exponentially increased your coordination and to near expert marksman (results may vary). If any of y'all ever watched ZOEY 101, there was an episode where I believe the nerdy girl QUINN! Explains that she likes jumping rope because it makes her brain vibrate. This goes out to my ADHD'ers out there as well! There is definitely a correlation to enhanced executive functioning as well, welcome to premium level neurogenesis buddy.