I think there's some truth to this. I get a very different "high" after a session of lifting heavy vs 90 minutes of running or cycling. I feel like with weight lifting I get more a testosterone high and much less of an endorphin high.
I found it somewhat dangerous to play with cortisol levels like this though.
I had to keep lifting, at worse, every other day. If I rested for two days, on the second day I was completely miserable. Like non-functional, despondent, etc. When I injured myself and couldn't lift for months, I fell into the worst depression of my life.
It is what our bodies are meant to do. I view that dependency as a sogn. No exercise leads to a gradual sucking decline where you are diminished. Excercise challenges the bodies systems. My theory: I have all the time after I am dead to stop working out :)
Ye-yes..I think it does matter. It's possible I have no idea what you mean by your post above. I just don't think there is a problem with "having to keep lifting."
The whole point of what I was saying had nothing to do with lifting and everything about being careful if you're going to do something radical to alter your mood if you're a depressive.
My advice would have been the same if I had said to be careful about abruptly stopping a medication.
My lifting injury was related to my sciatic nerve. I could barely walk for months and sitting or standing for any length of time was a challenge. Taking on any other kind of physical activity was out of the question. The effect on my mood and the depressive episode stopping my workouts triggered was a pretty significant problem.
If you're a depressive and you suddenly start doing something majorly physically-taxing, get really good training and be very, very careful. But I had great programming and an industry-leading coach and I still got hurt.
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I think there's some truth to this. I get a very different "high" after a session of lifting heavy vs 90 minutes of running or cycling. I feel like with weight lifting I get more a testosterone high and much less of an endorphin high.
I found it somewhat dangerous to play with cortisol levels like this though.
I had to keep lifting, at worse, every other day. If I rested for two days, on the second day I was completely miserable. Like non-functional, despondent, etc. When I injured myself and couldn't lift for months, I fell into the worst depression of my life.
It is what our bodies are meant to do. I view that dependency as a sogn. No exercise leads to a gradual sucking decline where you are diminished. Excercise challenges the bodies systems. My theory: I have all the time after I am dead to stop working out :)
You had to keep lifting? You make it sound like a side effect. Do you think its possible you are conflating "lifting" with "exerting energy"?
Does it matter? That's missing the forest for the trees a bit, isn't it?
Ye-yes..I think it does matter. It's possible I have no idea what you mean by your post above. I just don't think there is a problem with "having to keep lifting."
The whole point of what I was saying had nothing to do with lifting and everything about being careful if you're going to do something radical to alter your mood if you're a depressive.
My advice would have been the same if I had said to be careful about abruptly stopping a medication.
My lifting injury was related to my sciatic nerve. I could barely walk for months and sitting or standing for any length of time was a challenge. Taking on any other kind of physical activity was out of the question. The effect on my mood and the depressive episode stopping my workouts triggered was a pretty significant problem.
If you're a depressive and you suddenly start doing something majorly physically-taxing, get really good training and be very, very careful. But I had great programming and an industry-leading coach and I still got hurt.