Study reveals why group exercise is better for your health

By improving your mood and decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety, regular exercise is great for your mental health. You can read more about that here. However new research has revealed that group exercise is even better for your mental well-being than a solo session.

With a whole host of group exercise classes and team training sessions on offer, there’s something for everyone. But some may be more effective when it comes to working out your mind as well as your body:

For example, walking — the most accessible and most affordable exercise of all — is proven to have a positive impact on a person’s mental well-being.

Boxing is naturally a great stress-reliever that helps the brain to release positive endorphins and elevate your mood. But sparring with another boxer will also cause you to focus solely on the task in hand and consequently control your anxiety.

It may be an obvious choice but there is a growing body of research to back up yoga’s mental health benefits. It increases body awareness, relieves stress, reduces muscle tension, strain, and inflammation, sharpens attention and concentration, and calms and centers the nervous system.

High-intensity interval training is all the rage right now, largely due to its capacity to help a person burn a lot of calories in only a short amount of time. However HIIT sessions also have significant psychological benefits, helping to reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Finally, although its technically not an exercise, it is crucial to incorporate rest and recuperation into any fitness routine, both for your mental and physical health. For becoming fixated on exercise can actually damage a person’s mental well-being, rather than nurture it.

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