Exercise and Depression: This Makes Me Sad
On HuffPost Karen Leland, author of Time Management in an Instant, interviewed a fitness instructor for tips on how to get people to get around the key obstacle of not having enough time to exercise. I was so excited; now I would have the key to solving the problem! Here’s the result of the interview:
Q: What is one way you help your clients get around the time obstacle?
A: By far, the easiest way to get around the time obstacle is to make your exercise the first thing you do each day. Pencil it in and schedule which mornings (i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday) you are going to workout. Then you need to schedule everything else around it – dropping off the kids, your hobbies etc.Q: But what if mornings don’t work?
A: If you just can’t make mornings work, find a way to schedule it at other times. Plan for a trainer to come to your house, ride your bike to work, take a walk at lunchtime, sign up for a group exercise class in the afternoon or end of the day. The next time you take the kids to swim class, don’t just watch them take their lessons, use this as your time to workout. The time part is more manageable if you put down exactly when you are going to exercise.
Wait, that didn’t help me at all. Shit. But maybe it helps you, so voila! Now you have answers.
liz | 11:23 AM | alternative treatments, cute fix
i find that going right after work usually pans out well. because who really wants to get up early before work and workout? certainly not me. and if i went home after work, i’d never head back out again to the gym.
I tried some intensive exercise to relieve and prevent depression, but it never did any good, no matter how hard I exercised. So I gave up. There has been some news which counters the notion that “all you need is exercise for a good mood”. It seems that mantra is not true.
I believe in exercise as a simple fact. We are animals like any other on the planet earth, we have legs made for movement. If you don’t move your legs, somethings going to happen. A good habit of walking or exercise takes a month to “take” to the persons lifestyle. If the person doesn’t like the exercise, of course it isn’t going to work. Exercise isn’t supposed to be self inflicted punishment. I walk everyday.
I find walking or bicycling around the park enjoyable and want to do it more often. When I exercise it speeds my heartrate giving my heart & other muscles a good workout and then a relaxing feeling afterwards. hmm, maybe I’ll get out there before it rains again thanx.
Exercise likely reduces depression symptoms, Exercise Treatment for Major Depression: Maintenance of Therapeutic Benefit at 10 Months, but for me it doesn’t float my boat. Sometimes I need to feed the beast.
It’s really not natural for human beings to sit and sit and sit all day long. I think we should either do lunchtime calisthenics in our building or there should be a Center City lunchtime nightclub.
i get absolutely no exercise at all. ever. unless you count walking from my front door to my car door.
however, if i had that adorable hello kitty stepper, i’m sure i’d find the willpower to get off my lazy a** and get the blood flowing!
>^..^< meow
When I was doing my outpatient program on leave from work, I tried Yoga and did it for about 3 months. I actually did Yoga everyday and I think it helped. But upon returning to work I stopped, couldn’t seem to fit it in my day. That was over a year ago. Can’t seem to get motivated to do any form of exercise except for the rare occasion of a 1 mile walk. Everything I read about depression screams proper diet and exercise helps! I wish I could commit.
I firmly belive that moving heals. Since I am rather radical in everything I do, I’ve become a triathlet. But I understand it’s a different game beeing on medications. When my wife suffered from depression some years ago, she had very real problems mixing antidepressants and running. Side effecs, numbness, gaining weight – all of these factors are rather against ‘fit’.
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