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Improve your mood with exercise

Improve your mood with exercise

This information comes from InStyle magazine (April 2007, ‘5 ways to improve your mood’, by Robin Powell, pp.184–186)

There are plenty of reasons why you need to keep moving:

• Physical activity is a proven and reliable cure for negative feelings. When you exercise it immediately affects your brain by stimulating the production of serotonin – the same neurotransmitter that is boosted by antidepressants such as Prozac.
• Exercise releases a heady hit of endorphins (happy hormones). It makes you feel better.
• It doesn’t matter what kind of exercise you do – walk, run, swim, dance – it moves the muscles, eases tension, and increases the heart rate, all of which makes us feel better.
• You can increase the positive impact of exercise by adding a challenge or setting a goal, such as taking part in an organised run or booking an adventure holiday.
• Make sure your goals are realistic. Achieving goals, even little ones – cutting the time you take to walk a particular track, improving your tennis serve, nailing a tricky dance move – all increase feeling of achievement and competency, and they make  you feel good.

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