A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
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A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
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Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#2I don’t know if this has changed for younger generations, but a lot of people, particularly those in intellectual pursuits, suffer to one degree or another from thinking of themselves as a brain being carried around as a meat sack.
We are learning more about mind body connections and this is very not true (the ways the vagus nerve can totally fuck with your mental state is terrifying, and there are people with dysfunctions that are five times worse).
Any exercise where you think about your body as “you” helps with the dysphoria, and being integrated helps with a whole lot of other things.
Especially for men, who are conditioned to not give themselves permission to have feelings and sensations affect their behavior (and then surprise! Are affected anyway, with zero attempts at healthy coping skills).
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#3A key unlock for me was doing exercise where at some point I was trying so hard and breathing so aggressively that I couldn't really think anymore, I could only focus on the task at hand. For me, that's been biking up steep hills. I like biking because I get to see a bunch of cool stuff and if I go up hills I get a dope view.
I joke that doing these rides feels like I'm re-boring my arteries because my heart pumps so hard. I feel great afterward. Recommend!
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#4I’d never seen “an overview of systematic reviews” before — I would have thought this was already common sense, but it should be now more than ever.
I was a little confused about the “less is better” part of the article. I think it just meant diminishing returns with more exercise, but it says that less is actually better.
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#5I’d never seen “an overview of systematic reviews” before — I would have thought this was already common sense, but it should be now more than ever. I was a little confused about the “less is better” part of the article. I think it just meant diminishing returns with more exercise, but it says that less is actually better.
> I was a little confused about the “less is better” part of the article.
I ~workout~ train 20+ hours per week. This is definitely bad for my mental health, but the goals won't achieve themselves.
Turns out qualifying for Boston is no joke.
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#6A key unlock for me was doing exercise where at some point I was trying so hard and breathing so aggressively that I couldn't really think anymore, I could only focus on the task at hand. For me, that's been biking up steep hills. I like biking because I get to see a bunch of cool stuff and if I go up hills I get a dope view. I joke that doing these rides feels like I'm re-boring my arteries because my heart pumps so…
Same same. Also when not biking bootcamp classes get me to the same place of only thinking about the workout / excercises at hand. 50 min - 90 min feels like the sweet spot in terms of time.
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#7The article does not answer the question. (I don't believe there is a straightforward best answer but the article does not so much as make a conjecture beyond the most obvious prerequisites.)
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#8Any exercise is much much better than sitting around for hours researching and reading articles about which exercise would be best.
According to reader mode this article is about 10 minutes long so instead of reading it, go for a walk.
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#9I’d never seen “an overview of systematic reviews” before — I would have thought this was already common sense, but it should be now more than ever. I was a little confused about the “less is better” part of the article. I think it just meant diminishing returns with more exercise, but it says that less is actually better.
WHO recommends at least an hour of moderate+ activity per day which virtually nobody with an office job in the 1st world manages to do. The notion that you could accidentally do too much exercise is ridiculous unless you go all-in-gym-bro.
Re: A new study looks at how exercise can help alleviate anxiety and depression
#10The article does not answer the question. (I don't believe there is a straightforward best answer but the article does not so much as make a conjecture beyond the most obvious prerequisites.)
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