The Biochemistry of Exercise

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There's this opportunity for a virtuous cycle. One can start taking a short walk every day and just increase the walk by a small amount, or maybe if you feel up to it,. You know, run 100 feet at the end of the walk and then, you know, and then the next day 110 feet. But it's, it's, and we can be rewarded.

Pay a visit to your local gym, observe the grimacing patrons as they pound the treadmill or march in place on the StairMaster, and you might conclude that exercise is no fun. But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to Kelly McGonigal, who lectures at Stanford, teaches dance classes, and wrote “The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage.” Today, she explains how exercise — of all kinds and in all doses — can strengthen your mind, elevate your mood, and deepen your social connections.