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15) Family walks after meals should be non negotiable. They improve insulin sensitivity, recovery from workouts, and overall mood.
16) Hydration starts the days before exercise, not the morning of.
17) Rarely is the area of pain the source of your problem.
A systematic review recently published in Mental Health and Physical Activity analyzed the results of 35 studies to look at the combined effects of mindfulness and exercise.
The results suggest that when combined, mindfulness and exercise might offer the most benefits for mental health.
The results suggest that when combined, mindfulness and exercise might offer the most benefits for mental health.
Jessica Freeborn • Exercise combined with mindfulness helps improve depression, anxiety
Video game players can boost their score by exercising, new documentary reveals
studyfinds.orgGaining a deeper understanding of what we want is crucial to embracing exercise in an enjoyable and effective way. It’s hard to enjoy exercise if there’s something we truly want from it and we’re not progressing toward it. Making sustained progress is difficult if we haven’t clarified what we’re aiming for.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
If we can’t escape it, perhaps we can use memetic desire to our benefit. Maybe by modeling intuitive fitness, we can inspire each other to desire our own paths. At the least, we can create a little safe haven for people interested in embracing exercise from within.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
The most sustainable and potent motivation is experiencing joy and curiosity within an activity. Cultivate joy for exercise and fascination with fitness to remove the need for constant external motivation.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
