Release Of Endorphins

First off, running slows the effects of aging. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that regular running slows the effects of aging. Researchers tracked 538 runners over the age of 50 for more than 20 years. The elderly runners had fewer disabilities and a longer span of active life. Nineteen years into the study, 34% of the non-runners had died, whereas only 15% of the runners had died. Both groups became more disabled after 21 years of aging, but for runners, the disabilities started later, 16 years later in fact. Both showing that the runners’ bodies deteriorated slower than non-runners. Slowing the effects of aging is more of a long term effect of running though, so what about something here and now, like emotions? Oftentimes in school, teachers will pile on projects and homework on to students until they feel like they’re drowning. Their stress levels rise and usually aren’t very happy either. Luckily running can help you out here. When you start to run, your body releases a bunch of chemicals into the brain. These chemicals are “Feel Good” chemicals, and essentially act like drugs, making you

While the research of Blumenthal et al. (2007) focused on exercise being effective in reducing self-reported depressive symptoms, Diaz and Motta (2008) and Motta, Kuligowski, and Marino (2010) looked at the positive effects of exercise on depression, anxiety and PTSD. The theory of exercise’s positive effect on mental health has heavily been focused on

Running is much more than it seems. People view it as a way to get in shape, lose weight or even just a hobby. It is much more than that, running is a dumbed down version of a psychologist. Two miles in, a lifetime to go, came directly from what someone's mind wants them to believe during a run, it wants them to quit, cut it short. Why would someone keep going if the only reward they could maybe receive is a shiny piece of metal or to lose a few pounds? Why would someone go to practice and push themselves to the point of exhaustion, get up, and do it again everyday? For most, this would be absurd, but a select few realize the undercover benefits that come with this kind of self induced trauma.

Physical activity is able to shift neurons in your brain from a revved, stressed state-more vulnerable to dangerous cardiac rhythms and heart attacks-to a relaxed state.

Since 1990s, many scientists agree that exercise has positive impacts on people’s physical health and mental health (SIME WE, 1987). From Morgan and O’Connor’s research, people can reduce stress and state anxiety by doing physical activities; also gain emotional pleasure from the process (Morgan and O’Connor, 1988). Later in 1997, Landers states that physical activities can reduce people depression after weeks of regular and routine exercise. In addition, people can benefit from more

This paper perpetuates to expand fortifying major health benefits of conventional physical activity and exercise. However, there is withal a growing body of erudition that substantiates that physical activity withal amends psychological salubrity. The following literature attempts to review the various effects of physical activity and the mental health variables. It will especially focus on the psychological effects of exercise

One of the reasons that I run is because it brings physical and emotional benefits to my life. Even though running could be boring, lonely, it could hurt your feet like crazy and above all there are not immediate results for losing weight, I love it. Running makes my life complete, when I don´t run my days are longer and I get tired very fast. My days start very early in the morning when is very dark and I go to the gym to warm up. As the sun comes out, I go to the park where there is a beautiful lake that could go as far as to Kendall Drive from the Tamiami Airport. Sometimes is cold, sometimes is hot depending on the day but when it rains the only place to go is under a bridge which are many. Music is a most for me, especially if is Latin,

Running has become a therapy for me. Whether to relieve stress or simply challenge myself to run, I eagerly chase my running goals. Like the careful planning and preparation of my diet and training, running in many ways has mirrored my path to medical school.

If you are a runner, whether new to the sport or a veteran, you know there are those days where being motivated to run is difficult. Whether it is the distance or overcoming the soreness and pain associated with a previous run, there are days when the idea of running is completely unappealing.

In the article by Gretchen Reynolds, Gretchen talks about how by just running an hour a day you are adding on seven hours to your life. Running is the best exercise you can do to improve your life expectancy. It doesn’t matter if you are a slow runner or you smoke and drink, you can still add up to three years to your life by taking the time to get outside and run. Research was done to prove this point. A study was conducted at the Cooper Institute in Dallas. Researchers found that even as little as five minutes of running a day could increase your lifespan. Of course running does not make you immortal but it does benefit your health in other ways as well. Running involves many parts of our bodies. The muscles in your

As the infamous Elle Woods once stated: “Exercise produces endorphins, endorphins make you happy, happy people don't kill people, they just don’t.” While this humorous quote is littered with circular reasoning, there is truth behind this statement. Exercise does produce endorphins and endorphins do make you happy. Endorphins are chemicals that are released from a person’s body when they exercise. They interact predominantly with cell receptors found in the region of the brain that controls pain and emotion. This is the science behind the phenomenon called “runner’s high” Runner’s high is the feeling of euphoria that a runner may experience during or after a run. But running does not just produce short-term relief, many studies show that

I remember when I turned five, something in my mother’s head clicked. She wanted me to join track. I did not understand the point of running just to reach the finish line. Other sports like football, soccer, etc. have something to run for, but what does track have to run for? Yes, it’s to reach that finish line, but what is that going to do for me? That was the first thought that came to my seven-year-old self. Let’s just say for the first couple years my thoughts about running were far from being changed.

Running is very good for humans in many different ways. It is a great way to get exercise, and a great way to meet new people. There are many positives, and some negatives, it is easy, enjoyable and makes humans more social, you can do it at anytime, and it relieves stress rather than give stress.

Stress is always fraught in life. Having a stress free life is impossible, but having a stress free day is possible through running. The calming noises of ambient sounds of nature and the “pitter patter” of one’s footsteps seem to have a calming effect. I have had days where my stress has driven me over the edge, and there is only one way I can get rid of it, running. Anger and stress fuel me as I race out the door and release it throughout the next hour. My heart pumps rapidly as I take off down the road. My lungs find a rhythm of breathing and I can feel the anger slowly leaving my body like a pulse from each slap of a foot. According to howtobefit.com, “After 20 minutes of exercise the brain starts releasing epinephrine and endorphins into the system, which lower tension and help stress stabilization.” So for only twenty minutes a day one can begin to relieve stress from something that can usually cause stress.

Exercise may be one of the most important influences on your overall health to date. While the only benefits that are mainly focused on are the physical benefits, significant psychological impacts can also be linked to exercise. Although some of these benefits aren’t viewed with much enthusiasm, studies have proven that exercise can actually improve one’s quality of life greatly by increasing not only their physical health but their mental health as well. It is because of this that exercise is a