Exercise Helps: Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Depression-Improve Body Image and Sleep- Overall Benefits
Reduces Stress:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj_5SGdx7Xk
- Facts:
- Exercise pumps up your endorphins. Physical activity helps bump up the production of your brain's feel-good neurotransmitters, called endorphins. Although this function is often referred to as a runner's high, a rousing game of tennis or a nature hike also can contribute to this same feeling.
- Exercise is meditation in motion. After a fast-paced game of racquetball or several laps in the pool, you'll often find that you've forgotten the day's irritations and concentrated only on your body's movements. As you begin to regularly shed your daily tensions through movement and physical activity, you may find that this focus on a single task, and the resulting energy and optimism, can help you remain calm and clear in everything you do.
- Exercise improves your mood. Regular exercise can increase self-confidence, it can relax you, and it can lower the symptoms associated with mild depression and anxiety. Exercise can also improve your sleep, which is often disrupted by stress, depression and anxiety. All of these exercise benefits can ease your stress levels and give you a sense of command over your body and your life.
- Exercise pumps up your endorphins. Physical activity helps bump up the production of your brain's feel-good neurotransmitters, called endorphins. Although this function is often referred to as a runner's high, a rousing game of tennis or a nature hike also can contribute to this same feeling.
Improves Self Image & Self Confidence:
Better Body
Society is obsessed with body image and, for many people, how they look has a direct bearing on self-esteem. Regular exercise, with an emphasis on aerobic exercise, can have a positive effect on self-esteem -- especially for those who suffer from low self-esteem -- as fitness and appearance improve. There is no proven formula for how much or how often to exercise to affect self-esteem so the recommendation is 20 to 60 minutes of physical activity that challenges major muscle groups daily.
Setting goals and achieving goals, seeing improvement, seeing your body change and get stronger and more capable also improves your thoughts of yourself. As you get stronger, your posture improves and that demonstrates confidence as well.
Physical Activity holds a positive effect on mental health. Mental health benefits of physical activity may result from increases in social support and a sense of mastery as well as changes in chemicals in the body such as dopamine and serotonin (feel good chemicals).
Results suggest that participating in physical activity can lead to positive self-esteem among adolescent girls, particularly for younger girls and students at greatest risk of overweight. These findings highlight the necessity of promoting physical activity among adolescents as a method of fostering positive self-worth.
Better Body
Society is obsessed with body image and, for many people, how they look has a direct bearing on self-esteem. Regular exercise, with an emphasis on aerobic exercise, can have a positive effect on self-esteem -- especially for those who suffer from low self-esteem -- as fitness and appearance improve. There is no proven formula for how much or how often to exercise to affect self-esteem so the recommendation is 20 to 60 minutes of physical activity that challenges major muscle groups daily.
Setting goals and achieving goals, seeing improvement, seeing your body change and get stronger and more capable also improves your thoughts of yourself. As you get stronger, your posture improves and that demonstrates confidence as well.
Physical Activity holds a positive effect on mental health. Mental health benefits of physical activity may result from increases in social support and a sense of mastery as well as changes in chemicals in the body such as dopamine and serotonin (feel good chemicals).
Results suggest that participating in physical activity can lead to positive self-esteem among adolescent girls, particularly for younger girls and students at greatest risk of overweight. These findings highlight the necessity of promoting physical activity among adolescents as a method of fostering positive self-worth.
Exercise for Depression and Anxiety:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsnSZEe0Kt4
Improves Quality of Sleep:
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR SLEEP:
Solutions:
OVERALL BENEFITS video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJW7dYXPZ2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsnSZEe0Kt4
Improves Quality of Sleep:
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR SLEEP:
- Limits your ability to learn, listen, concentrate and solve problems. You may even forget important information like names, numbers, your homework or a date with a special person in your life
- Makes you more prone to pimples. Lack of sleep can contribute to acne and other skin problems
- Lead to aggressive or inappropriate behavior such as yelling at your friends or being impatient with your teachers or family members
- Cause you to eat too much or eat unhealthy foods like sweets and fried foods that lead to weight gain
- Contribute to illness
Solutions:
- Exercise 30-60 minutes each day
OVERALL BENEFITS video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJW7dYXPZ2o