![]() To do so, I'm going to have to get a little scientific here - please, remember I am not a doctor. While all that is great, what we really want to talk about is how exercise can help with our ADHD. But wait, there's more! When you exercise, it releases hormones that will enhance your mood and it will also help you get better sleep at night. This isn't to say that if you are looking to lose weight you shouldn't exercise, just that there are more important things to tackle first.īesides weight loss, exercise provides a ton of benefits for everyone - you'll build muscle, you'll increase your energy levels and you'll reduce your risk to chronic diseases by improving your cardiovascular fitness and insulin sensitivity. Yes, you might get some good results in the beginning, but eventually, those bad eating habits are always going to catch up with you. But let's just say you aren't going to outrun a bad diet in the long run. So a quick aside here, if you really want to lose weight, first, you need to focus on your diet, and while diet can play a considerable role in ADHD management, that's really outside the scope of this episode. One of the common answers is that it can help out your waistline - but not nearly as much as most people would like to think. So what do we actually get out of exercising? ![]() This is an important point because it can be tough to differentiate what effects the body physically without also talking about what happens mentally. Our brains don't like it when we don't exercise because how we feel physically impacts how we feel mentally. What we put in our bodies and what we do with your body has a direct impact on how your brain functions. We don't have the body foot connection because we already know that what we do with our body affects our foot, and what we do with our foot affects the body. Your brain is just as much a part of your body as everything else housed in there. We've got this phrase - the mind/body connection, and that idea seems to imply that there is some sort of separation between the mind and body. Since I'm guessing that most of my listeners fit into both those categories, I figured we could talk about both benefits.īefore we dive in, I want to really get one point across. Be smart and be safe.Īll right then, let's really get started by talking about the benefits of exercise - which on its own is something essential to those of us with bodies, but also incredibly important for those of us with ADHD brains. While exercise is generally great for everyone, I don't want anyone thinking that all they have to do is run a marathon, and all their worldly woes are going to be cured. Exercise can put a lot of strain on your system, so make sure that you are talking to your doctor before you start a new exercise routine. Before we get going here, I just want to make sure you know that I'm not a doctor, and while this episode is a lot about your health, it is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice.
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