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Physical and Mental Health - Exercise, Fitness and Activity
Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Sometimes getting on the bike or hitting the pavement is more a mental game than a physical one.
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A ritual that is well and truly alive in the Mediterranean, there are many benefits to an after-dinner stroll.
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Ultra-marathon runners face a plethora of physical and mental challenges on the track, including intense fatigue and extreme physical pain.
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Australia reached the World Cup after using sports science, including a pair of glasses that helped the team recover from jet lag before the deciding match.
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Little-known fact: regular exercise is like a wonder drug for your brain performance.
You want to perform better across the board at work, school or just life in general, then start moving your body. Exercising for health has always been the goal for people who want to feel fitter, but did you know that exercise is great for the brain. My first piece of advice for anyone suffering depression is move - exercise - as it changes blood flow. This article could change forever, how you see exercise. Have a read and let me know what you think.
I definitely feel a little sluggish if i haven't been exercising for a while
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From the point of view of education, the effects reported here make an compelling case, since they go to the heart of learning and achievement in school. The improvements to mood and concentration enhance what could be called the mindset of learning, because fitter children tend to approach academic tasks with a more positive attitude and greater attention than their unfit peers. At the same time, the changes to the efficient functioning of the brain relate to the mechanisms of learning. In other words, the evidence from these tests suggest that physical activity can improve students' mental state while learning, and the efficiency with which they learn.
If a pharmaceutical drug was available that had been demonstrated to have such positive effects on children’s performance at school, I suspect that even the most cautious of parents would be lining the streets outside pharmacies. Physical activity is not a wonder drug, it has no harmful side effects, and it is free!
Thanks to bob Jarman for pointing this article out! :-)
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Lou Vincent was fidgety, he was edgy, a bundle of nervous energy set in perpetual motion. - New Zealand Herald
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One in four of us experience it, yet we don't talk about it. This is why.
Anxiety is something that, like many others, I've assumed is just a part of my personality - an embarrassing quirk I try to keep contained. It's something I've learned to manage through meditation techniques, exercise and avoiding the odd occasion - some social functions, for instance - where I fear it might rear its ugly head.
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It's not what life throws at you that defines you as much as what you do next.
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Workaholics who are trying to make up for an unhappy home life are deluding themselves, according to a study.
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The Internet's reach is so pervasive, it feels as though it has always been around. The reality is that the web is still in its infancy, and we don't really understand the risks it poses to our mental health. In fact, various experts, such as Larry D. Rosen, a psychologist and author of "iDisorder," believe that personal gadgets are making us mentally ill and are exacerbating other problems such as narcissism, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Other mental health professionals have already identified disorders ranging from "Facebook depression" to "phantom vibration syndrome."
Realistically, most of us don't have the luxury of disconnecting from the Internet, particularly communication professionals whose work depends more and more on it.
However, there are various things you can do to curtail the negative effects it may have and prevent digital burnout.
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When Juanita Meredith-Fishwick contemplates the fact her life might be 20 years shorter than the next person's just because she has a mental illness, it makes her mad.
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You don't have to decline as you age. Here's how to keep your mind sharp.
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TVO, in association with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), presents Mental Health Matters—an in-depth exploration of the state of mental health in our society.
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Learn about brain-derived neurotropic factor or BDNF, which can help improve cognitive brain function.
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In this article I discuss four of the mental benefits jogging can have.
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Amid success in purging and organizing physical objects, a look at clearing things that can be as burdensome: smartphones and tablets, friends who are an emotional drain.
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Thoreau said "We surround ourselves with clutter. Simplify, simplify, simplify."
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Loneliness: a 'substitution fantasy' gone wrong...
With almost a quarter of Australians living alone it is all too easy to live a lonely life.
This study last year found 35 per cent of Australian men and 29 per cent of Australian women report that loneliness is a serious problem for them.
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Black Dog Institute is an educational, research and clinical facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders.
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THOUSANDS of Australian miners suffer from mental health problems - but the "macho mining culture" stops them from getting help, a new study has found.
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Regular physical activity — even walking — may be key to maintaining a sharp mind as we get older, two new studies suggest.