CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 121

This episode is the next installment of ‘Coping skills for adults’ and I want to focus on the movement style. Movement and exercise is a strange one. Before doing it, you really don’t want to, it takes a lot of momentum but once you’ve completed a workout don’t you just feel amazing with all those feel-good hormones running through your body? This isn’t just a feeling, it’s been scientifically proven! Movement helps your physical functioning, studies also show it improves your cognitive function but most interestingly exercise improves your mental health.

The topics I cover in this episode are:

How can exercise help?
What types of exercise are best?
Working out what works for you with exercise
Different exercises to try out; boxing, swimming, hula hooping, golfing etc
Keeping exercise sustainable
The ways I enjoy exercise

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Research and Links I mentioned in this episode

Chekroud, S.R., Gueorguieva, R., Zheutlin, A.B, Paulus, M., Harlan M Krumholz, H.M., Krystal, J.H., Adam M Chekroud, A.M. Exercise is known to be associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality. (2018, August 8). Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: A cross-sectional study. The Lancet Psychiatry. Retrieved December 19, 2022, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221503661830227X

Falck RS; Davis JC; Best JR; Crockett RA;Liu-Ambrose T; (n.d.). Impact of exercise training on physical and cognitive function among older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurobiology of aging. Retrieved December 19, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31051329/

NY Times Article - What's the best type of exercise

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17exercise-t.html

Kettlebell strength training and bodysurfer - Wendy Snyder

https://www.janinehalloran.com/podcast/calm-and-connected-episode-108

Barre 3 and kitchen dancing - Marcelle Waldman https://www.janinehalloran.com/podcast/calm-and-connected-episode-101

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And remember, do not forget about yourself, take a few minutes for you and have a little fun!

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