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Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

cpncrunch wrote: post #15

When the article talks about "mental exhaustion", it is talking about short-term mental fatigue from the likes of working too long on a mental task. It is not talking about chronic fatigue or burnout due to chronic stress, or ME/CFS, for which exercise may cause worsening of symptoms. In that case stress reduction is likely the better solution, and exercise managed so you are not doing too little or too much. Making…

ME/CFS is defined by post-exertional malaise, so by definition it wouldn’t be improved by exertion.

Burnout, however, does tend to respond positively to exercise over time. Burnout and ME/CFS are very different conditions.

> Making this comment because I suffered (and recovered from) ME/CFS myself.

How were you able to recover from ME/CFS? It seems spontaneous recovery does happen to some, though for others it is a chronic condition that will likely require some future medical advances to overcome.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by aberoham »

helge9210 wrote: post #4

30 min at 65-75% of individual V˙O2peak is not a joke.

V’02peak is an odd phrasing, sounds like it’s a quick approximation of VO2max. [1] For anyone with a mild aerobic base, wouldn’t 65-75% of VO2max be easy to moderate?

1: http://cpxinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/028_B...

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by saint_angels »

sputknick wrote: post #2

Personal Anecdote: when I was in an office (before current WFH) and I was mentally exhausted I would go down to the gym, slam slam balls into the floor for 2 minutes without stopping, maybe take a 30 second cold shower, then return to work. Super refreshing and I was gone from my desk a grand total of like 8 minutes.

did you try other high intensity exercise and found that slamming balls is superior, or slamming balls was just the first thing that came to mind?

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Post by trevormcneal »

cpncrunch wrote: post #15

When the article talks about "mental exhaustion", it is talking about short-term mental fatigue from the likes of working too long on a mental task. It is not talking about chronic fatigue or burnout due to chronic stress, or ME/CFS, for which exercise may cause worsening of symptoms. In that case stress reduction is likely the better solution, and exercise managed so you are not doing too little or too much. Making…

can you explain what is ME/CFS and how you recovered ?

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

sputknick wrote: post #2

Personal Anecdote: when I was in an office (before current WFH) and I was mentally exhausted I would go down to the gym, slam slam balls into the floor for 2 minutes without stopping, maybe take a 30 second cold shower, then return to work. Super refreshing and I was gone from my desk a grand total of like 8 minutes.

A quick round of pushups, sit-ups, and air squats is my WFH exercise routine. Do it whenever you’re feeling slow Fromm sitting and it will get your body re-started.

Can be done in 1-2 minutes right next to the desk.

It doesn’t replace a true gym trip but it comes much closer than I ever would have thought before I started doing it.

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Post by mellavora »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #6

I often think the the imbalance between mental effort and physical effort in modern office jobs causes a lot of problems. Some of my happiest days were when I trained boxing and weights 2 hours six times a week. It's hard to be depressed or anxious when you are physically exhausted and the feeling of physical strength just makes you feel better. Working out to the point of exhaustion feels like a "reset" for body and…

Plumber.

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Post by bgroat »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #6

I often think the the imbalance between mental effort and physical effort in modern office jobs causes a lot of problems. Some of my happiest days were when I trained boxing and weights 2 hours six times a week. It's hard to be depressed or anxious when you are physically exhausted and the feeling of physical strength just makes you feel better. Working out to the point of exhaustion feels like a "reset" for body and…

Military special forces or playing a team sport at a high-level?

Those folks are SMART

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by VadimPR »

rybosworld wrote: post #11

I'm skeptical this can be implemented into a schedule where you do mental work for multiple hours a day.

Work 8h, go to gym, work more on hobbies at home. Fits well for me for years - physical exercise, either aerobic or anaerobic, is a great mental reset for me that's worked for years.

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Post by bavell »

colincooke wrote: post #10

I can totally relate to this, working from home and having an exercise bike has done wonderful things for my work. One thing I'm curious of (and might be tackled in a follow-up) is if shorter bursts of exercise (perhaps more intense) are just as effective? In their experiment they find that 30 minutes of moderate exercise is effective. I'd be curious to compare that with for example 10 minutes of high intensity exerc…

HIIT (high intensity interval training) is a very time efficient way of getting a great workout with lots of benefits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_trai...

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