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May is Mental Health Awareness month. If you suffer from mental health issues, our hearts go out to you. There are amazing professionals that can help.
While we aren’t mental health professionals, recent research has shown that exercise is an effective treatment for many mental health conditions.
At every stage in life, physical health is tied to mental health. When we feel good physically, we’re more likely to feel good mentally, as well.
And with dementia, depression, anxiety and loneliness higher among people later in life, this is one more reason to get or stay physically fit.
6 Tips For Mental and Physical Health
The World Health Organization has six tips for good mental health, and May is Mental Health Awareness month. Four of WHO’s reasons are clearly connected to physical fitness.
1. Be active
2. Enjoy walks with your family and friends.
3. Get 8 hours of sleep every day.
4. Eat healthy.
5. Talk about your feelings with someone you trust.
6. Look for professional help if you need it.
What could be clearer that exercise is essential for our ongoing mental health?
We know from other sources, as well, that exercise is good for our brains. It boosts body chemicals that lower stress and improve mood, focus and energy. Exercise even builds up the capacity of parts of your brain associated with memory and learning, the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex.
Personal training studios, like ours, provide invaluable opportunities for social connections and support, leading to even better health, at a time in life when many people struggle with isolation.
Join us – and start feeling and thinking better right away.
