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Re: Does exercise make anyone else feel worse? » thegron

Posted by SLS on August 19, 2012, at 18:14:41

In reply to Re: Does exercise make anyone else feel worse?, posted by thegron on August 19, 2012, at 16:22:26

> I firmly believe that exercise is good for everyone

That's a pretty global statement to make. Are you talking about depression here or about overall fitness conditioning?

> As far as overtraining is concerned, it is pretty damn hard to do.

No. It is actually pretty easy to do. Ask any bodybuilder or athlete who is in training.

> I highly doubt 10 min on the bike would cause overtraining.

I doubt that, too. However, we are not really talking about overtraining here. I used the example of overtraining as an heuristic to demonstrate that exercise can make even mentally healthy people depressed.

> It typically doesn't occur as an acute condition, but more likely it happens after several weeks of intense training with no rest time.

Overtraining can occur with a regime of three sessions per week if the exercise is intense enough. For bodybuilders, there is no such thing as a workout that is not intense. For people who are deconditioned (like me), twice a week can be the most productive workout frequency. However, even when one becomes better conditioned such that they can workout four times a week, they can still feel more depressed in response to exercise. Any systemic stress can challenge the body and brain alike.

It occurs that some people with major depressive disorder report feeling worse after a workout, whether it's once a day or once a month. I am not disposed to tell them otherwise.


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