Susanna Kwon
Professor Levin
Philosophy G115
13 July 2015
Drop The Stress
An unavoidable part of life is dealing with stress and learning how to handle it. While the busyness of people’s lives steadily increases, the stress level of an individual tends to rise. There are many stress relief methods that exist. I believe cardiovascular exercise is one good beneficial approach to reducing stress. Different forms of cardio exercise can physically contribute to ease stress. It can also provide benefits for the mind. Since exercise is an outlet for frustration, it can be a healthy and effective way to release these negative emotions. There are many practical things that someone could do to exercise to relieve stress. By prioritizing cardiovascular
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Exercise lowers symptoms for stress related illnesses. As people start to perform cardio, their stress levels start to relieve and evolves into a sense of control over their body and life. Once the body learns how to rest, it makes it easier for mind control to take place. Instead of being so overworked over certain feelings, it becomes simpler to think things through. Unfortunately, about forty percent of adults undergo health consequences due to stress (WebMD). This number wouldn’t have been so high if the patients participated in physical activities, such as running, from a young age. Many don’t realize that the small investment they make determines a portion of their future. Remaining physically inactive can serve to be a disservice to one’s body and mind. Since exercise is an outlet for frustration, it can be a healthy and effective way to release these negative …show more content…
People are too overwhelmed to think that it would benefit them. Even taking a jog would require too much of an effort. Because of society’s obligations, the worries of an average everyday routine bring them devastation. It becomes difficult to try to find time within their schedules to squeeze in a time to run. Adding exercise on their to-do list would result in more pressure while trying to reduce stress is the last priority on their mind. However, if they were able to manage their time and duties, making time to get involved in a cardio workout would not be a problem. They would be able to experience the true benefits of exercise and see how it could translate into reducing stress in their lives.
Stress is an inevitable part of life but there can be a healthy ways to respond to it. As individuals start to fight their stress with running exercises, they can realize that they slowly become more immune towards future stress. Although running is a challenging sport, it does not require too much from a person. There can be many long-term goals established through this physical activity. Exercise can be an advantage to the physical body and contributes to lowering stress
This is disturbing, not only because so many people are missing out on the physical benefits that result from exercise, but on the mental benefits that result from exercise as well
Pate et al. (1995) stated that physical activity is needed for health promotion and disease prevention. They also stated that every adult should do at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise everyday if possible. Moderate intensity exercising includes activities such as brisk walking and cycling as stated by the Department of Health (2011). They also state that regular physical activity will improve a person’s mental health as it will increase self esteem and reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Physical wellbeing is also enhanced by an increase in physical activity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2002) found that in developed countries 20% of heart disease and 10% of strokes are due to physical inactivity. Furthermore a lack of physical activity is found to cause 3% of all diseases.
Exercise regularly. Physical activity plays a key role in reducing and preventing the effects of stress. Nothing beats aerobic exercise for releasing pent-up stress and tension.
The feeling of stress is inevitable to avoid and remove entirely from our lives. As we go through life and our stress levels rise, for various reasons, resulting in the feeling of worry, anxiety, insomnia, etc. We search for strategies to assist with decreasing the feeling of stress or to better help cope with it. Coping is defined as “managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve life’s problems, and seeking to master or reduce stress” (p521). Individuals perform a wide range of different activities to help manage stress and decrease its effects such as working out at a gym regularly, attending routine social gatherings, and reading books. One stress reducer that our society often overlooks is nature and its benefits. There have been studies on forest bathing, which involves walking a forest trail or sitting on a boulder and observing nature with all five senses, that proves to minimize stress.
Dennis Johnson, an influential coach in Jamaica, had learned from his previous coach Bud Winter one of the secrets to running. It is as simple as relaxing. In Jamaica maintaining speed and relaxing are the preferred states to be in while running. The stress created by making one’s body perform at a high rate as well as the added pressures to succeed can make a runner tense and therefore use more energy. While the stress experienced may be categorized as a challenge rather than harm or threat, it may still be detrimental to performance as the last biological stage of coping is exhaustion (Walsh, 2013, pg.
There are very few people that I come in contact with that would say that they never get stressed out. I am a college and I basically stay stressed and especially when it is time for midterms or finals. I began walking about three months ago and it has helped me tremendously. There are chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters that are stimulated while exercising. These neurotransmitters are responsible for balancing our moods and emotions and that can make you feel better and less stressed. In only one exercise session, you produce 90 to 120 minutes of relation response and some people call that state post-exercise euphoria or endorphin response. Exercising can make you feel much better about yourself, and the feeling of self-worth contributes a great deal to stress relief.
Separation from ones own mind and the world around them can help improve exercise maintenance. The daily stress one puts on themselves and put on by others can limit optimal performance.
Lutz, R. S., Stults-Kolehmainen, M. A., & Bartholomew, J. B. (2010). Exercise caution when stressed: Stages of change and the stress- exercise participation relationship. Psycology of Sport and Exercise, 11, 560-567.
All over the world, it is believed that physical exercises help people achieve wellness. Physical exercise not only encourages physical wellness but also have a significant impact on mental stability and health. Although such positive believes stand, many benefits of physical activity has lost value overtime, as people nowadays have the tendency to rely on modern technologies and machineries, which are believe to make life easier. This often leads to shortage of physical activity and over sometime both physical and mental health will deteriorate. This argumentative essay, will explain how engaging in physical exercises improve one’s mental health.
Get yourself moving. There is power in perspiration that can defeat stress. A few push-ups, curl-ups and an hour or two of jogging can make a difference in your emotional state. Meanwhile, as you perform different types of physical activities, bad elements that are causing your stress are gradually reduced. It burns away your anger, frustration, and tension, especially at work.
Importance of Physical Activity Epidemiology According to the World Health Organization, health is “the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.” This idea of becoming a healthier version of oneself has continued to gain popularity over the past few decades. This change in public point of view can be attributed to fact that over the past century, the leading causes of dead have shifted from communicable disease to non-communicable diseases. In other words, rather than dying from infectious disease such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, people nowadays are instead dying from chronic diseases such as heart disease.
Exercise is not just for Olympic athletes or supermodels. In fact, you're never too unfit, too young or too old to do it. Regardless of your age, gender or role in life, you can benefit from regular physical activity. If you're committed, exercise in combination with a sensible diet can help provide an overall sense of well-being and can even help prevent chronic illness, disability and premature death.
Many studies have come to the conclusion that individuals who participate in health and wellness routines as well as a regular exercise program have a relatively increased degree of energy, lower healthcare bills, much better quality of life along with less stress, as well as improved health. Staying in good physical shape and healthy calls for everyone, to be conscious of their health, to be aware of the key fitness and health components and to follow them.
Life is full of troubles, demands, pressures and hassles—these are all factors related to stress. Stress is a state of mental or emotional tension resulting from adverse or difficult situations (Merriam-Webster). When you are in potential danger, your body responds with a “fight-or-flight” response to protect you from any harm. Situations like being robbed at gunpoint or studying last minute the night before the test can activate stress in your body. Although situations in life can increase stress, there are plenty of methods to diminish it. Methods like meditating, talking to family/friends, drinking tea, or even taking a quick nap--all of these methods are proven effective (The Franklin Institute). One method that is prominent to many is physical exercise. Exercise is considered to improve physical conditions and strength, but maintains mental fitness in the process. Although many assume that exercising is healthy, some may not be familiar of how it relieves stress in detail. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of exercise, the pros and cons must be considered. Some pros are: managing the levels of stress in your body, boosting your self-esteem, and improving learning and memory. The cons are: being time consuming and tedious, being costly and expensive, and risking injury while exercising. Let’s look at the pros of physical activity.
It is understandable that friends, family and a social life exists and that also needs to be taking care of. Exercise reduces stress, improves your sleep and from it allows you to gain a social aspect consider as new friends. If exercised daily or even when there is time during the week it will improve and change your life allowing you to not fall asleep or be tired all the time. It will reduce stress by being distracted on productive activities like playing tennis, going hiking, running at the park or even walking around the neighborhood. This activities when applied are best rather than thinking about work all the time, even on days off, this activities will have a positive impact on depression, anxiety and help your body use oxygen more efficiently to improve breathing. As you pick up the pace, the body, like any engine, produces heat — and needs to cool off. The blood vessels in the skin dilate, increasing blood flow to the skin. The heat then dissipates through the skin into the air.