This is Optimal Health Daily. Treat exercise like an investment by John the Saver with Budgets

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Treat exercise like an investment by John the Saver with Budgets Are Sexy.com.

Do you ever find yourself at the gym staring at someone who's completely jacked and wonder why you don't look like that?

Kind of depressing, isn't it?

Well, you could take this one of two ways from how I look at it.

You could slouch your shoulders, walk away in self-pity, and leave the gym early.

Or, you could decide right then and there that you're going to transform your life

and proceed to get on the treadmill and run like the wind. Yep, the second one sounds better.

My hobby and one of my passions is bodybuilding. No, no, no, not that kind.

I'd like to be able to run, thank you very much.

And I don't think American culture puts enough emphasis on your personal fitness.

It really should be a priority.

I mean, what's the point of saving money for retirement, then finding out all those

Twinkies were the cause of your stroke.

It should be one of your first investments with your time. Fitness and finance go hand in hand. The parallels between the two

are astonishing. Like I mentioned, your mindset is the most critical element to success in both the

fitness world and your personal investment decisions. Without initiative,

things are just going to get worse and worse. On the other hand, if you take an individual who is a doer,

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