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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 User23 »

pmarreck wrote: post #14

One of the single biggest errors I’ve had to unlearn being taught in my life is that “exercise is for the body and mainly for athletes” instead of (or perhaps along with) “exercise is also for the mind if you’re a nerd” ;) (Naturally, the mind is part of the body, but the mental benefits are drastically under-emphasized!) Morning exercise a few times a week (at Orangetheory, in my case) lead to fairly large productiv…

One of the quickest adaptations to physical activity is that your motor neurons get better at firing and recruiting motor units. There’s evidence that these benefits spill over to the entire CNS.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by tasty_freeze »

SuoDuanDao wrote: post #45
trevormcneal wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'd like to second this question, I'm very interested in any recovery story of CFS.

There are hundreds of accounts of people who have had substantial recovery (thought probably not full) from ME/CFS. The problem is that what works for one person doesn't work at all for 99% of other sufferers. Some people say injections of B12 fixed them up; others move to the desert and get away from environmental issues (and perhaps stress); others benefit from a very gradual incline of exercise; a few have had spinal fusions; and so on.

My wife has had ME/CFS for more than a decade. Honestly many of the touted remedies she finds online sound like snake oil, but if you are suffering and nobody has a good clue, you try each one in turn hoping you might be one of the lucky people who responds to a given modality.

Cort Johnson runs the website Health Rising, which acts as a clearing house for recent news about ME/CFS (and recently long covid as it relates to ME/CFS) and there is a community built around that site.

https://www.healthrising.org/about-us/cort-johnson/

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by 83457 »

Grambo wrote: post #50
justsocrateasin wrote: post #44

Entirely anecdotal, but a lot of professional endurance sports athletes / ultra distance athletes are also high performing PhD candidates/professors/academics. It's kind of weird - if you watch the documentary about the Barkley Marathons, the winners are usually some kind of math/engineering PhD candidate. Another anecdote - As a kid I was "hyperactive" and struggled a lot in school until my freshman year. Coincident…

Reminds me of the fact that Alan Turing was a world class distance runner. He would sometimes run commute 40 miles for meetings.

Now that's a unique excuse when arriving late for meetings.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by helge9210 »

aberoham wrote: post #22
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...

> wouldn’t 65-75% of VO2max be easy to moderate?

Once you get used to it, yes.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by enduser »

wincy wrote: post #58
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.

I used to go outside of my office and sprint as fast as I could for as long as I could, then cool down with a walk around the block. Then I switched jobs and everyone could see me if I did this so I got embarrassed and stopped. I feel like it really helped, maybe I need to get back into the habit, especially since I’m working from home.

Don't be afraid to set a good example!

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by renewiltord »

tommiegannert wrote: post #18
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.

Sadly I don't frequent a gym anymore, but this is an idea I'd never have thought of. How did you arrive at this ritual?

I think the specific exercise may be unique but the act usually isn’t. For instance I do the same with a pair of select tech dumbbells. I find that I have an afternoon sleepiness that is dissipated by this.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by swah »

83457 wrote: post #63
Grambo wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the fact that Alan Turing was a world class distance runner. He would sometimes run commute 40 miles for meetings.

Now that's a unique excuse when arriving late for meetings.

Actually, driving time probably has a much higher variation...

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by sputknick »

tommiegannert wrote: post #18
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.

Sadly I don't frequent a gym anymore, but this is an idea I'd never have thought of. How did you arrive at this ritual?

It was kind of a Goldilocks aerobic exercise. I tried sprinting on the treadmill and found that too aerobic, and I would sweat at my desk afterwards, and I tried bicep curls and found that not aerobic enough and really just an arm workout.

Re: Acute aerobic exercise to recover from mental exhaustion

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Post by sputknick »

saint_angels wrote: post #23
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?

I tried sprinting on the treadmill and found that too aerobic, and I would sweat at my desk afterwards, and I tried bicep curls and found that not aerobic enough and really just an arm workout.
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