" />Can Aerobic Exercise even Improve Mental Health?
October 11, 2009 by Trainer
Filed under Fitness, Health Tips
Everyone wants to have a healthy and fit body. In addition having improved mental health is also one such thing that everyone wishes for.
The importance of improved mental health cannot be ignored, it is considered above most other aspects. The most common question that often emerges in the minds of most people is how to improve mental health and is it possible? Moreover those who have heard about aerobic exercises tend to ask whether aerobic exercise itself can improve mental health.
When talking about matters of mental health it is worth stating that it is a broad topic and it includes several conditions. Two of the conditions that aerobic exercise will help the most are anxiety and depression. Aerobic activity helps stimulate endorphins and hormones that will help to balance some forms of depression and anxiety. It also helps burn up the extra endorphins that life may have created for you with the stress of the day. Flight or fight is a true phenomenon and by using up the endorphins they will be less likely to stick around and increase your mental distress.
ann on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 6:24 am
I find aerobic exercise to include walking. I walk at least thirty minutes a day and the fresh air and scenery on a nice or even dull day picks my mood up considerably. I make it a daily event to get out and get some fresh air by walking everywhere. I cut out sugar in my diet and only eat one bagel for breakfast with a coffee and the same for lunch. I have lost weight and feel great as a result of walking and simply cutting back on what and how much I eat. The benefits to improved mood and general feeling of wellness is terrific.
Trainer on Mon, 12th Oct 2009 8:55 am
Yes, walking can definitely be aerobic exercise. But not if you are strolling. It needs to be a full on walk. You’ll burn calories sure, but the point of aerobic exercise is to get your heart pumping strong, work that heart, work the lungs and clear out those veins.
You are going through your day with no protein and no fruits or vegetables at all? Yes, your losing weight. BUT, you are also leaning towards anorexic tendencies by depleting your body of nutrients and telling yourself it’s ok to be hungry. I’m sure you don’t even notice that you are hungry anymore. We woman are really good at ignoring that hunger issue when we want to lose weight. Bagels are white flour that burns quickly.
Aiping Wang on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 11:36 pm
Stress Benefits Of Aerobic Exercise: If you’ve ever sat in the front at a red light and watched the faces driving past, you know most people are living a stressed out, unhappy experience of life. Obviously, exercise will do nothing for our life circumstances, but it may change how we view those circumstances.