Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Is exercise necessary?

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

[fast5] Re: Is exercise necessary?

Aye, I believe it's Seratonin. One way to find out if someone has seratonin burnout is to see if exercise has a significant improvement on their mood.

Insofar as what my philosophy exercise is...I do rather like the "primal" approach espoused by Mark Sisson (Kristina posted the link).

Walk a lot
Sprint for very brief periods
Lift Heavy objects
"Play" (aka, chase your dog around the yard, play soccer, dance your heart out, etc)
Don't be stupid (aka, don't drop those heavy objects on your feet, don't get into car accidents, etc)

If exercise makes someone feel burned out, chances that some gland somewhere needs help. Adrenal glands seem to be a common culprit.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@...> wrote:
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> I have heard that exercise releases a pleasurable natural chemical into your brain that is similar to opiates, and that you can get "addicted" to exercise....
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> Me, I AM lazy, I have to force myself to exercise! I will exercise every day for two or three months, then slack for at least that long or longer, then force myself to start again....
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "April Morse" <april_murderdolls_22@> wrote:
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> > Hello, Fast Fivers! I have yet another question, and I am just looking for general input/advice/points of view, not just the quote from the book. My question is, is exercise absolutely necessary?
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> > Before you think I'm being lazy, let me explain. For the last three years, I have exercised NONSTOP, and made it a daily/almost daily habit to get at least an hour at a time in. It hasn't helped much with my weight anyways, although I can't say it hasn't done ANYTHING for me. I truly love working out, but sometimes I feel. . .burnt out. I feel tired of it, and taking two-three days off at a time doesn't help. Right now, I have gone two weeks without a workout, and kind of liking the break. While doing Fast Five, I don't feel the need to really exercise like crazy to burn calories, because fasting already burns stored fat. I don't feel as guilty as I would if I were snacking all day. I guess what I'm trying to ask is, is this bad? Do you all go through the same things? What do you do to get at least 1/2 hour in a day?
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> > I also have a question regarding this on a more spiritual/philisophical level, if anyone cares to go here with me: Could fasting like this bring about a peace that enables me to not always feel the need to workout? Could this be my own way of 'healing' my obsession with exercise? Any thoughts on this?
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> > Thank you for any input!!
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