I ride my bicycle a lot, then I do my exercise movements in the morning and in the evening, sometimes my legs are hurting when I go to bed … exercising is great …
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Good to know you have joined the league to live a healthy life. Congrats
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Last year one exercise group organized by my psych unit helped me to start exercising, this was great … starting to exercise can be difficult, but when one has done it for some time it is so much easier … also a good thing is that I do not own an automobile, which makes me to ride my bicycle much more … bicycle riding is what they do a lot in big European cities such as Copenhagen and elsewhere … the way of life …
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I love long walks.
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I think exercise is tragically underutilized in the mental health community. Physical activity gets our neurotransmitters moving, among other things. It’s very good for us physically and mentally.
I really like my resistance bands–the tubular ones, not the strap-looking disposable things you get at the PT office. I go for a minimum of 40 minutes a day doing a variety of exercises–though I want to go another twenty minutes. I have joint hypermobility syndrome, so the resistance building my muscles is really helpful and I enjoy it. It also makes it safer for me to go hiking and such since I’ve got more stability in my ankles, shoulders and whatnot. I still don’t think I’d try any sports but I’m afraid that’s just the nature of JHS. Still, my pain level has gone way down since I started; some injuries have healed, too. It’s probably improved my depression just as much.
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Yep, exercising is good if one has depression, just walking outside is great, fresh air and things like that …
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I do yoga, take the stairs in my apartment building, and play piano for 45 minutes everyday. That’s my exercise regimen.
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In addition to mental illness, exercising is also good if one such as myself has diabetes or high blood pressure, well I just woke up, in 30 minutes I’ll do my 1000 exercise movements.
I walk a 5k 5 days a week…life saver is what that is…
it really helps I also do the exercise only two ra a day before and after bedtime
Same here. Exercising has become my only hobby. Working on endurance/running and weightlifting in the gym.
My goal with the running is becoming fit enough to run a race called “Göteborgsvarvet”. 21 km/a half marathon.
Gonna try and lose 8 kgs.