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spongebob
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 Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:21 Post subject: Exercise and Mood
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158865,00.html
The "if someone is a regular jogger or bicyclist" part made me think of PH
| Quote: | Skipping exercise for a week or two may cramp your mood, says a study that turned regular exercisers into couch potatoes.
"We were able to measure negative results from withdrawal of exercise in just two weeks," says researcher Ali Berlin, MS, in a news release. Berlin works at the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She presented her findings in Nashville, Tenn., at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual meeting.
Stick to It
The take-home message: Once you start exercising, keep it up. That doesn't mean becoming a slave to the Stairmaster or a fanatic about any particular workout. Adjustments may be necessary from time to time.
For example, "if someone is a regular jogger or bicyclist and find they cannot do the activity for a short time, they need to do something else like walking until they can resume their preferred activity," says Berlin.
Forced to Take a Break
Berlin's study included 40 regular exercisers. "We were not looking at elite athletes; the study participants were people who are regularly active at a moderate level," says Berlin.
First, the participants took mood and fitness tests. Next, half were forbidden from exercising for two weeks. The others were told to follow their normal fitness routine.
The tests were repeated one and two weeks later. The results showed that the forced exercise "vacation" didn't recharge anyone's batteries. Instead, it left the former exercisers feeling worse than before.
It's one of those strange-but-true health facts: The more active you are, the more energy you have. That is, as long as you're not ill or engaging in ridiculous amounts of exercise that push the body too hard.
The CDC recommends that adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity five or more days per week.
No Exercise, Crummy Mood
"After one week we began to see changes," says Berlin. After two weeks, those changes had deepened. Two weeks of slothfulness had pushed the former exercisers into a grim state.
By then, they were significantly more tense, tired, and less vigorous. The more out of shape they became, the more their mood and energy level worsened. "What this tells us is that any interruption in a regular fitness routine can have a negative [impact]," says Berlin.
So what's a person to do when the weather is miserable or time seems scarcer than usual? Get creative. Tweak your routine, choosing other activities to stay physically and mentally fit, Berlin suggests.
Health care workers may also want to keep an eye out for depression symptoms in exercisers who get sidelined by injury or illness, she says. |
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airehead
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:34 Post subject:
What are you thinking, posting an article about exercise on this site?  
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:37 Post subject:
Thats true for me. If I take time off for whatever reason, I become a mean ole bitty (more so than normal). Then it becomes a self defeating cycle, the more time I take off, the harder it is to start back.
Exercise: My xanax
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purple hayes
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:39 Post subject:
I do jog a lot.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:41 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | Thats true for me. If I take time off for whatever reason, I become a mean ole bitty (more so than normal). Then it becomes a self defeating cycle, the more time I take off, the harder it is to start back.
Exercise: My xanax |
change the gender terms and that's me too. when i get injured i tell folks to beware I'm PMSing now.
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TimRuns
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 12:48 Post subject:
According to the article, I'm "overjogging" 
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rolling rock
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 13:18 Post subject:
i notice a mood irregularity in myself immediately --- it doesn't take a week. i'm a b!tchplus if i miss one day due to some stupid circumstance beyond my control, like parenting. how dare they?
the link between exercise and mood is all about why i began running in the first place; it was never about weight loss or maintaining fitness or holding my weight or whatever...it was always about wow, that made me feel so good, i must do it again as soon as possible.
i am continually being reminded that my running is like an hourglass dripping sand; it's only a matter of time.  i better have a dang good replacement when it does go out the window cuz, at this point in my life, nothing else has compared, not even the zoloft.
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jrjo
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 13:56 Post subject:
Just goes to show, all the pissin-n-moanin riff-raffers need to do is up their mileage and get happy 
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spongebob
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 14:15 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Just goes to show, all the pissin-n-moanin riff-raffers need to do is up their mileage and get happy |
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airehead
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 14:29 Post subject:
In all seriousness, I do start to crave some type of outdoor activity if I have been without exercise too long.
I crave sweating and working and pushing myself to new levels.
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Noley
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Posted: 06/08/05 - 14:30 Post subject:
I just live with more guilt than the normal person has when I don't get my runs/workouts in. And yes...I'm miserable.
The most miserable I ever was in my entire adult life was after I had my son and not having the ability to run. I was depressed...overweight...and couldn't snap out of it. It all went away once I got back on the TM and started putting the milege in. If I cannot run as I age, I will walk to my grave in order to maintain a certain level of happiness.
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