Posted by baseball55 on July 24, 2016, at 19:43:53
In reply to Who is working out currently?, posted by Lamdage22 on July 24, 2016, at 10:56:51
> While working out, i dont experience depression.
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> I am doing 25-30 reps with low weights to give my body time to adapt to the activity. Also i am stretching.
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> Who is going to the gym here?I just started doing weights again after having a hip replacement two months ago. I always did lower reps with heavier weights to failure, but I read that high reps with less weight has the same effect on building muscle - in the health section of the NYTimes last week. Right now, I'm starting slow. I don't want to wake up and be unable to move because of sore muscles.
I also swim and started again a few weeks ago. I had to stay out of the pool for six weeks until the incision was sufficiently healed.
I find I feel better when I exercise regularly, but truly, when I am in a deep depression, exercise only helps while I'm doing it. I have always taken long walks (can't yet, hip still not healed completely) and I read things all the time about walking as a natural anti-depressant, but I would go for walks and break down crying while I walked.
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