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Back to Basics, with a Smile / Seven Days of Gratitude

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Back to Basics, with a Smile / Seven Days of Gratitude

Today, I'm grateful to get back-to-basics exercising. We've all been deprived of our normal routines. With all of the rain we've been getting on the east coast, I'm relegated to working out at home to maintain my emotional, mental and physical well-being. I know that if we need an excuse we'll find one, and that cardio is possible in studio apartments and bedrooms - dancing or jumping jacks anyone? When I started training for Ironmans a decade ago, I didn't have a gym membership. The streets were my gym. So I returned to my fitness roots using an approach that marries MacGyver with a can-do attitude. Got a couch?

4 Surprising Benefits of Regular Exercise

4 Surprising Benefits of Regular Exercise

Most people associate exercise and its necessity with physical well-being and maintaining a healthy weight.  And while that’s true, there’s also great benefit for mental health through exercise. I have many patients who I have encouraged to exercise regularly and change their diet which has reduced their depression, stress, anxiety, as well as alleviate high blood pressure, diabetes and high blood cholesterol. 

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Four Benefits of Running

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Four Benefits of Running

As a psychiatrist, running has become an antidote for a profession that is primarily sedentary and cerebral. Running allows me to release the day’s stress. Preparation for the marathon required training five days a week during the spring and summer. It was a new sport full of challenge and excitement. Despite the anxiety in not knowing if my body could go the distance, my “long” runs eventually extended to eighteen miles. I grew more confident. Finally, it was marathon morning.

Greater mental health awaits.