The Power of Exercise

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Check out Big Technology Podcast for in-depth interviews with CEOs, researchers, and reformers. Hosted by Alex Hantruitz, a longtime journalist and CNBC contributor, the show offers awesome episodes every Wednesday. As a non-massicist, Alex's relationship to exercise has evolved. While he's not a hyper-competitive endurance athlete, he finds joy in racket sports and feels that playing with friends is like a group-hunting experience. He shares his personal journey of not exercising regularly in his 20s.

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.