Details are important. Your therapist may recommend that you make a radical diet change. If you don’t give specifics, then your depression and anxiety are likely to remain. Let’s discuss resistance training.
Use your own body weight for pushups, sit-ups and more. You can also use water jugs if you are working out at your home.
Exercise is good for our moods and anxiety.
Since decades, I’ve been a proponent of “all hands on Deck” as a relief strategy.
Background
During a recent research trip online, the title of this article caught my eye: “UL research confirms that resistance exercise training is beneficial in treating anxiety and depression.”
Bam!
This was a press release announcing a new study published in the Journal Trends In Molecular Medicine by Professor Matthew P. Herring of University of Limerick, and Professor Jacob D. Meyer of Iowa State University.
This study supports the benefits of resistance training in anxiety and depression. The study also examines possible underlying mechanisms.
Let’s do it…
Resistance Training for Depression and Anxiety
Drs. Drs.
You know, the “all hands on Deck” approach?
According to Dr. Herring…
The health benefits of resistance training or muscle-strengthening exercises that involve exerting force repeatedly against a weight in order to generate a training reaction are well established.
The good news and the promising ones are still understudied. Especially when it comes to how and why.