Five Benefits of Physical Activity Beyond Strength, Fitness and Mobility

Make working out work for you

Last week’s article finished with a brief remark about why hating the process destroys adherence. We all know that adherence is essential to progress towards goals, so I think it’s important to discuss the benefits of physical activity and training beyond strength, fitness and mobility because these facilitate adherence when the others might not be moving, or if they simply aren’t motivating.

These factors can play an important role in facilitating adherence to a training program before and after the physical changes are noticeable. Many people who have been training for a long time focus less on advancing strength, fitness or mobility benefits of their training and instead focus on the benefits to physical and mental health, discipline and overcoming challenges.

So let’s break each of these down to explore the benefits of training and physical activity that go beyond strength, fitness and body composition.

Physical Health

Physical activity has benefits for all aspects of your health and wellbeing. It’s associated with reduced all-cause mortality (i.e. dying from anything) alongside improving many conditions including heart disease, cancer and musculoskeletal…