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Exercise to Keep Stress at a Minimum
I just recently began going to a gym fairly-regularly. Before just a month ago, I had never really put much emphasis on staying fit. As a plus-sized woman in my early 20′s who is also a smoker and a techie, not to mention I consume way too much caffeine, I am so not the candidate to be preaching about staying fit or how important it is. I am however, realistic.
Now, more than ever in recent years, I am experiencing a great deal of stress. There are some personal aspects of my life that bring on a good amount of daily stress, as well as a great big financial burden that has become my life. Put them together and add a good 12 hours a day, frequently more, in front of a computer and you basically have one of those Jiffy Pop containers on the stove that at any minute will erupt and start sending popcorn flying out every which way. So me and my partner joined a gym with our two very good friends.
With just a few workouts in, mostly me on an elliptical machine for an hour at a time as I zone out to televisions that are positioned from the ceiling or focusing on absolutely nothing but the decibel level of the music blaring from my headphones, I feel a lot different.
No, I am not in peak physical condition and it isn’t even a goal of mine to lose any weight at all. I’m comfortable with my weight and while it would be a healthy move to lose a few pounds, I refuse to believe I’m at a terrible risk for anything at my current weight. No, with just after my first hour on the elliptical machine I knew very well why I was going to keep up my gym-going efforts. I felt refreshed and my stress levels went way, way down.
A study back in 2007 has already proven that those who are physically fit produce less chemicals in the body that have been linked to damaging inflammation in adults who are stressed. In short, exercise makes you less-stressed and the less-stressed you are, less damaging chemicals will be released throughout your body and the healthier your heart will be.
In addition to reducing your stress, people who work out two times a week also have lower cholesterol and are at less risk of diseases like diabetes. These findings are more than enough motivation for anyone to start getting out more and begin getting just a little more active.
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About the Author: Holly Ord
In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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5 Comments on Exercise to Keep Stress at a Minimum / Add Your Comment
Daily exercise before sun rise keeps more healthier and cure, If you keep it regularly, should need not for gym. Thanks a good blog you have posted.
I have tried jogging every morning for one week. I have lost weight and I feel that I have become stronger.
True, daily exercise could lessen the amount of stress a person have. There are lots of ways to do it actually. Not only going to the gym for the daily workout. Take for instance a rebounder. Rebounders are a great and fun way to literally bounce your tensions away. It is a low impact way to exercise and relieve tension without putting undue stress on tense muscles. One of the best rebounders to use for stress relief is theBellicon rebounders. These rebounders use bungee cords instead of springs which gives you a smoother bounce and even less impact than you may have thought possible. Before you know it the combination of exercise and just having fun will soon have that stress melting away.
You gotta love those endorphins that you produce when you exercise!
These rebounders use bungee cords instead of springs which gives you a smoother bounce and even less impact