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Health Tip: Exercise to Beat the Blues
Whether you've got the blues or major depression, the sweating and heart pounding from exercise can have real benefits.
An exercise program can produce a real decline in depression similar to that seen in antidepressant medications, Irving Kirsch, PhD, tells WebMD.
Easy Ways to Exercise at Home or Work
You know you should do it: Get off the bus a stop or two early and walk the rest of the way to the office, or park your car at the far edge of the mall parking lot. But can this kind of everyday activity really be considered exercise? Can taking the stairs instead of the elevator really make you healthier and more fit? "Absolutely," says exercise physiotherapist Geralyn Coopersmith, senior manager of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute in New York and the author of Fit and Female: The Perfect...
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It's no replacement for treatment prescribed by your doctor, but it just might help.
And the side effects -- more energy, better health, and looking good -- can't hurt.
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