4 Reasons to Exercise During Recovery

Pushups, running, burpees, and other exercises all help the human brain pump out endorphins like a factory pumping out car parts.

One who commits to a workout routine will create discipline and notice the benefits of working out on a regular basis. Getting into this habit is the body innate way of repairing one’s self both physically and mentally.

Here are 4 major benefits to sticking to a workout routine while in addiction recovery.

  1. Exercise relieves and reduces stress, anxiety, and depression.

    Stress will always exist. It’s something everyone has to manage. Those who exercise for roughly 30-minutes will notice a huge reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression. Even a 10-minute walk has been said to help people get out a “funk”.

  2. Working out naturally and positively alters one’s brain chemistry

    Drug addiction overtime will create an imbalance in a person’s brain chemistry. Creating unnatural highs and damaging neuroreceptors in the mind. Exercise is a means to produce endorphins in a natural way and staying committed to a workout routine retrains the brain to produce endorphins at its natural levels.

  3. Motion is meditation

    Meditation itself focuses on calming the mind down when it goes into an irrational state like a million bouncy balls thrown in a small room. Running, walking or meditating trains the brain to let those thoughts pass by without judgment allowing one to think in a relaxed state.

  4. Exercise creates a positive outlook

    Working out enhances self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Finishing a workout every day is accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and achievement. When one reaches certain benchmarks (bench pressing 50lbs, running 10 miles, building muscle) it’s a way of showing results for hard work and reduces feelings of anxiety and depression.

Working out enhances self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Finishing a workout every day is accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and achievement. When one reaches certain benchmarks (bench pressing 50lbs, running 10 miles, building muscle) it’s a way of showing results for hard work and reduces feelings of anxiety and depression.

A workout routine is a way to work on one’s self. It promotes self-worth and accomplishment while eradicating toxic thoughts about the self. It takes time to develop a routine that works for one’s self but so is recovering from addiction. Exercise just helps with the recovery process.

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