Why Laughter Should Be Part of Your Daily Workout

• We all talk about gym memberships, protein shakes, and 10,000 steps a day. But when was the last time you added a good laugh to your health routine? Yes, you read that right laughter might just be the most underrated workout you’ve been skipping.

Think about it: when you laugh so hard your stomach hurts, you’re basically doing crunches without realizing it. Your lungs expand, your blood gets a fresh dose of oxygen, and your stress hormones take a well deserved back seat. Forget burpees try a five-minute session of laughing with a friend and tell me which one feels better (and doesn’t make you want to faint).

Life already gives us enough reasons to frown. The bills, the deadlines, the people who think “replying to a text” is optional it’s too much sometimes. But laughter is like a mini-vacation for your brain. It reminds you not to take yourself, or the world, too seriously. Because really if you can’t laugh at yourself when you accidentally wave at someone who wasn’t waving at you, what are we even doing here?

Here are some “laughter workouts” to try this week:

• Watch a comedy special instead of another depressing documentary (trust me, you won’t miss it).
• Call that one friend who can turn any story into stand up comedy.
• Laugh at yourself on purpose trip over your own feet, mispronounce a word, or burn the toast, and instead of groaning, say, “Wow, I’m living in my blooper reel.”
• Scroll memes guilt free yes, it counts as therapy sometimes.

The best part? Laughter is contagious. One giggle leads to another, and suddenly you’re in a full-blown laugh attack, forgetting that ten minutes ago you were stressed about dinner or that unanswered email.

So today , give yourself permission to laugh loud, awkward, belly shaking laughter. It’s cheaper than therapy, easier than dieting, and far more fun than cardio.

After all, if life is going to be a circus sometimes, the least we can do is enjoy the show. 🎪