Keeping fit through a regime of healthy eating choices and regular exercise is one way to stay alive longer, and to ensure that your years are as full as you can make them. But exercise also helps to ensure that you are performing at work to the best of your ability. Here are five ways how exercising can help you be all you can be … and perhaps beef up your salary a bit more as well.

How you feel and how you look. Human beings are well known for judging books by their covers, as much as we’ve been told that we shouldn’t. And standards of attractiveness definitely have an effect on the way you perform at work, not just because of how you are perceived by others, but how you perceive yourself. If you are working out regularly, you’ll begin to notice positive changes in your body. Your self-esteem will increase the better you feel about your body, and as your self-esteem increases, so does your confidence. And a confident person performs better at work. Besides, you’re sending a message to your superiors: I value myself, so you should too.

Glow of satisfaction. Exercising releases endorphins and endorphins make you feel good. Sure, you may feel tired at first, but once you develop a routine you’ll be looking forward to your next jog, run, or workout. The more excited you become about your new exercise regime, the more you’ll begin to glow with satisfaction that comes from the serotonin that is also released in your brain after you exercise. Serotonin makes you happy: your stress levels will be reduced and you’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep that will allow you to function better on the job.

Balance and coordination. These two improvements might not seem as important as, say, increasing your self-esteem by looking and feeling good, but if you think about it, proper balance and coordination are going to improve your job performance because you’ll look and feel more confident without staggering, reeling, or falling all over the office, and also if you aren’t constantly knocking things over … especially on your boss’s desk.

Mental performance. Your brain works better the more you exercise because it helps you become more focused on details and hones your problem solving skills, which are both necessary requirements for the job market of today. Your work out boosts your brain power which will boost your performance at work as well.

Healthier immune system. A regular workout routine improves your immune system, which will keep you from getting sick as much, and will likewise prevent you from missing work. You’ll also be able to devote additional time to work, which your bosses will undoubtedly notice, and may affect how you receive that raise in the future. Supplement your diet with healthy additions such as whey isolate to give you that extra boost you need.

Exercise will keep you on the go so that you can work … and play to your full potential!

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