Saturday, September 19, 2009

Exercises have unexpected benefits

As is all known, exercises have many benefits. The benefits of exercises approximately fall into broad categories: physical benefits and mental benefits. Maybe you know some physical benefits, such as, exercise helps you manage your weight, exercise strengthens your heart and lungs, etc. What is more, there are also some unexpected mental benefits.


According to a popular survey 83% of mentally ill people reduced their stress through exercise. It also relieves symptoms of depression and reduces anxiety. Exercise has a beneficial exffect on maniac depression. To a large percentage of people, exercise has improved their motivation and social skills and boosted their self-esteen.


Just as one says,"Life depends on exercise." So in order to keep healthy we should keep doing exercise every day.