Are You Working Your Muscles Or Your Mind – BowlFit Tips

We’ve been talking up how amazing a little exercise and being consistent can transform our bodies and health. But what about how it affects our minds? Sure, we can all read and learn about the benefits of exercise, but it’s often difficult to recognize the effects on physiological processes if you’re a beginner.
One of the most challenging circumstances to overcome is realizing that a large majority of benefits from exercise happen at a microscopic level. We work out to look better, feel better, and improve our health. But two of those three areas can not be seen physically. There are thousands of processes happening simultaneously in your brain and muscles when getting that work out in.

Once the connection is made between the health benefits that are taking place while you’re finishing that last half mile of your run or that final repetition, the easier it becomes to make the lifestyle change a habit.

The initial bouts of strength gained from beginning a weightlifting program aren’t even from your muscles getting bigger! It’s from the stronger connection between your muscles and the nerves that are connected to them. It’s clear how important our brain and nerves are to exercise, so it’s crucial to consider them as part of the reason for our motivation, or lack thereof!

If you can overcome your mind in the weight room and push yourself to your limits in there, who’s to say your mind and body won’t benefit when you’re on the lanes competing? Your muscles will get stronger, your mind will be happier, you’ll burn fat and gain muscle, and you’ll even feel more awake and alert because your heart, lungs, muscles, and other systems are beginning to work in harmony.

So whether you’re new to working out or an avid attendee to the gym, consider the obstacles you have to overcome in your mind that are preventing you from exercising or pushing harder. Remember how great you’ll feel afterwards and how fluent your systems are working together and getting healthier. Use it as motivation. Work hard, push yourself, and get excited for the results that are coming.

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About Heather –

Heather D’Errico MS, CSCS, CFSC, LMT

Heather began BowlFit in 2013 with the hope to provide awareness to bowlers about how crucial training off the lanes truly is. She has been an avid bowler her entire life competing as a collegiate bowler for Robert Morris University, assistant coaching at the University of Central Missouri, and now head coaches at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY.

She obtained a master’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis on exercise science and interned with the head strength coach at UCM. She became a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through NSCA shortly after graduation and began coaching athletes at Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Fairport, NY.

In October 2015 she received her certified functional strength coach certification and then went back to school in July 2016 for massage therapy. She is now a licensed massage therapist and runs a business called Restorative Bodywork in Rochester, NY that specializes in movement therapy and sports massage.

Heather has also been competing on the PWBA tour the last 3 seasons and continues to use her experiences as a competitive and professional bowler to create programs for bowlers. She enjoys the challenges of making programs specific to each bowler as every person needs to focus on different areas for their performance goals. With that said her training motto is “do no harm” and believes each program should most importantly make a bowler FEEL better and play with minimal injuries/pain.