"First, if you're already living an active lifestyle, we know from research that you've likely built some stress resilience already. While it's impossible to avoid periodic stress, active folks are more likely to weather stressful periods. To quote Nowacka-Chmielewska et al (2022), "Exercise can significantly alter the CNS [central nervous system] expression pattern of several genes and pathways strongly related to vulnerability to stress, and various molecules have been already identified.""
"Yet how exercise helps regulate stress is complicated, involving a lot of microbiological activity like increased mitochondria production, which helps clean up cells damaged by stress, and neurochemistry alteration, such as reduction of the stress hormone cortisol. Then there's how the increased oxygen helps mental clarity, which can be quite lacking if sufficiently stressed. (For a detailed look at the stress-busting effects of exercise, be sure to read the Nowacka-Chmielewska et al paper referenced above."
Busy work, family, and other obligations can make adding regular exercise itself a source of stress for people without an established routine. Active lifestyles foster stress resilience and make individuals better able to weather periodic stress. Exercise alters central nervous system gene-expression and related pathways tied to stress vulnerability, increases mitochondrial production that helps clear stress-damaged cells, reduces the stress hormone cortisol, and improves mental clarity through increased oxygenation. Exercise also augments standard antidepressant treatments and provides benefits for seasonal depression. Practical implementation requires fitting manageable, regular activity into daily routines to avoid scheduling stress.
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