Monday, January 11, 2010

Exercise with others and work up more endorphins

Excerpt of the article "Health, Smart ways to live well" in Family Circle 1/10

British research has found that if you exercise with others your body produces more endorphins (the 'happy hormones').

That makes sense to me but I won't be signing up for the spinning class any time soon. Every time I'm in the YMCA when one of those classes are in sessions, the thumping of the bass is hard on my eardrums and I don't understand why they spin in the near dark - or worse yet- spin in black light!

And I don't think I could do Boot Camp. There are non-patriotic reasons why I didn't sign up for the Army, and boot camp is one of them. Something about someone yelling over you to move faster or harder is not my style.

But I am impressed with the people who do spin and show up every night for boot camp proving there are exercise programs for all.

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