Scientists reveal surprisingly easy exercise that may boost your mood in just 10 minutes

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD EVERYBODY THINKS YOU NEED AN INTENSE WORKOUT TO FIX YOUR MENTAL STATE BUT SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA TESTED TWENTY-FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE ON A TREADMILL AND FOUND A SLOW TEN-MINUTE JOG BOOSTS YOUR MOOD AND SELF-CONTROL AND THE THING IS THEY WERE BARELY MOVING AT UNDER FOUR MILES AN HOUR WITH HEART RATES AROUND A HUNDRED AND SIX BEATS PER MINUTE AND MONITORING SHOWED ACTIVITY SPIKING IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX WHICH CONTROLS DECISIONS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY EVEN NOTICED HEAD BOBBING WAS LINKED TO FEELING BETTER THOUGH DOCTORS ARE SAYING IT WAS ONLY ONE BRIEF SESSION WITH A TINY GROUP SO NOBODY SHOULD TREAT A QUICK JOG AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR REAL MEDICAL CARE FOR DEPRESSION BUT I AM GENUINELY WORRIED WE ARE ALL SITTING TOO MUCH OK YOUR TURN, TELL ME SOMETHING.

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE TREADMILL THING YET, OF COURSE YOU HAVEN'T BECAUSE NOBODY CHECKS JAPANESE NEUROSCIENCE JOURNALS HERE, BUT RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA TESTED TWENTY-FOUR YOUNG ADULTS AND PROVED A MERE TEN-MINUTE SLOW JOG ACTUALLY WAKES UP YOUR FOCUS, AND THE THING IS THEY RAN AT UNDER FOUR MILES AN HOUR WITH HEART RATES AROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIX, WHICH LIT UP THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX FOR BETTER SELF-CONTROL, AND THEY EVEN FOUND HEAD BOBBING CORRELATED WITH FEELING PLEASANT, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE PHYSICIANS ARE WARNING THIS IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL CARE FOR REAL DEPRESSION SINCE IT WAS ONLY ONE BRIEF TRIAL, SO NOW I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR BRAIN HEALTH. ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

A small Japanese study found that a 10-minute slow jog can improve mood, focus, and prefrontal cortex activity in healthy young adults.

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