The importance of "staying fit"?!?

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hi nurses and future nurse I was wondering in everyone's own opinion why it is important on looking and staying fit ? I honestly want to see different reasons other than "being healthy and looking good" and also what type of excercise would you guys suggest that every nurse should do more often when exercising to perform really well in the career or school

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As far as the looking good I really only care how that applies to my husband and how he feels. But I have started a diet and weightloss program. I crossfit and zumba. I carb cycle for food and eat low glycemic. I think being in shape is important. One of the top injuries for health care professionals is a back injury. Staying in shape makes your job and how you feel so much better. Just my opinion. I have worked as a medic on the truck in decent shape and in horrible shape and I can tell you that I can feel the difference.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Everyone has their own reasons for staying fit.

Mine are mostly vain. I like liking what I see in the mirror and wearing the size I want to wear.

I lift weights, and I love it. It's my stress relief. It's my therapy. It's my "I'm a bad*ss" moment. It's my alone time. I've found nursing school to be a journey of finding myself, and pushing myself in the gym is pretty much the same. Finding those mental blocks and self-doubts and blasting through them.

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Stay fit for health. You are a nurse who's going to teach and preach health, so why not be a walking billboard. That doesn't mean THIN either. You need functioning an working muscles that will last you through age. Squats, deadlifts, push and pull movements, sprints. Those will help with strength. Who CARES what you LOOK like, once you hit a certain age who CARES. When you stop caring about how you look and care about what you can do and how you function that's when you will love yourself and become one amazing advocate for health.

Eat enough, sleep enough, do enough.

I crossfit and lift heavy, properly. Not only do I feel my best now even after a kid I have more confidence in myself then ever. It's no longer about how I look, it's all about what I can DO:)

Back squating 200 pounds feels good :) and I'm still a size 6.

A strong confident woman is a sexy woman. Same for guys too :)

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Oh - and one more thing ;) haha

Remember what's the #1 injury they taught us in fundamentals class? Back injuries!

Deadlifts, good mornings, Romanian dead lifts, and squats will help build a health and strong back to PREVENT injury. Supplement yoga to keep healthy and flexible muscles :) you'll have a long injury free career:)

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Stay fit for health. You are a nurse who's going to teach and preach health, so why not be a walking billboard. That doesn't mean THIN either. You need functioning an working muscles that will last you through age. Squats, deadlifts, push and pull movements, sprints. Those will help with strength. Who CARES what you LOOK like, once you hit a certain age who CARES. When you stop caring about how you look and care about what you can do and how you function that's when you will love yourself and become one amazing advocate for health.

Eat enough, sleep enough, do enough.

I crossfit and lift heavy, properly. Not only do I feel my best now even after a kid I have more confidence in myself then ever. It's no longer about how I look, it's all about what I can DO:)

Back squating 200 pounds feels good :) and I'm still a size 6.

A strong confident woman is a sexy woman. Same for guys too :)

That is amazing an amazing advice and opinion from now on when I'm in school I'll be looking back on this thread for support

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Don't forget that in addition to the exercise a healthy diet is important too. As the others have said, it is not about looking good. When you eat right you have the energy you need, are able to focus better, and are less likely to get sick. Eat right, exercise regularly, and get enough sleep and you will be all set...an looking good is usually a nice side benefit of those things :)

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I want to get myself to the gym. I have always been thin, petite whatever you want to call it. I'm 5.5 and 110-113lb. I used to be a gymnast, played soccer for a team and volleyball, I have also worked out regularly and was in a great shape. That all stopped when I had a baby three years ago plus 9 months of pregnancy, so around 4 years ago. I am very excited to go back to gym, but I am afraid of being disappointed in myself. I'm afraid that I won't be able to perform the way I used to, and I know for a fact that I won't be able to. So, for me it is hard to start from baby steps, but I have to remind myself that in the end it will be all worth it.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Also be sure to do core exercises!!! You can't have. Strong back and weak core. You need a solid middle trunk! Lol

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I want to get myself to the gym. I have always been thin petite whatever you want to call it. I'm 5.5 and 110-113lb. I used to be a gymnast, played soccer for a team and volleyball, I have also worked out regularly and was in a great shape. That all stopped when I had a baby three years ago plus 9 months of pregnancy, so around 4 years ago. I am very excited to go back to gym, but I am afraid of being disappointed in myself. I'm afraid that I won't be able to perform the way I used to, and I know for a fact that I won't be able to. So, for me it is hard to start from baby steps, but I have to remind myself that in the end it will be all worth it.[/quote']

Of course you won't perform how you used to, you're a different person now. So you can either work to be BETTER then you were or be ok with not being as good.

You pick :) seems like an easy one right? Hard work pays off. But - the thing people can't handle is the HARD WORK. Push yourself, your body is smart, it knows what it can handle. Eat good, lift heavy, kill some tests, and be amazing.

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Specializes in Oncology/hematology.

Diet is so much more important than exercise. And this is coming from a previous personal trainer. Eat right, do cardio with some weights. You will be a healthy role model for your patients. It's not about how you look or what the scale says. Those things teach you to measure yourself against what you were or what you want to be, but aren't your goal. I'm 43, in excellent physical shape and am a mess physically due to 2 autoimmune diseases. Diet is what got me super healthy.

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Diet is so much more important than exercise. And this is coming from a previous personal trainer. Eat right do cardio with some weights. You will be a healthy role model for your patients. It's not about how you look or what the scale says. Those things teach you to measure yourself against what you were or what you want to be, but aren't your goal. I'm 43, in excellent physical shape and am a mess physically due to 2 autoimmune diseases. Diet is what got me super healthy.[/quote']

Such an important post. And for your autoimmune disease it has nothing on you . you are a strong individual that can manage anything . nothing can bring you down you are my inspiration on improving my physical health

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