WWE: 12 Life Lessons From Ultimate Warrior's 'One Warrior Nation'
8. Exercise Daily
This one I may not follow, but I can easily buy into. The times in my life when I have exercised regularly, I have generally felt more positive, strong, and able to conquer problems. Self-esteem is often adversely affected by poor physical conditioning, and self-esteem affects your ability to cope. In Warriors words, physical activity is the quickest way to kill worry, doubt, and fear. And while that may be predictably extreme, because this is Warriors world, I do believe that physical activity can certainly enable a person to better deal with stress (if not minimize it by the act of sweating it out and taking a break from the rest of daily life). Warrior states that 90 minutes at the gym is the way to go. While I could pick away at the singular nature of this prescription (some people would never exercise if it only meant going to a gym), I know that weight-trainers can really fall in love with the endorphins and visible results of that route. Not that you wont get that positive rush or visible results from playing basketball or doing yoga, but we must remember that Warrior valued the classic, manly pursuits.
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