- Unused Energy One of the most frequently cited reasons for anxiety is unused energy. Your body was made to move, and unfortunately when it doesn’t move it creates tension. We see this actually with dogs often – dogs that don’t get their daily walks often become anxious and high strung, because if they don’t work out their energy, that energy turns first into physical tension, and then into mental tension.
- Increased Stress Hormone When you feel stress, your body releases a hormone known as cortisol. There’s evidence that movement is what depletes cortisol, bringing it back to normal levels. This makes sense, because anxiety itself is the “fight or flight” system. When your body experiences it, it expects you to fight or flight. Inactivity is essentially doing nothing, and that may cause your body to start misfiring your stress and anxiety hormones.
- Immune System Malfunction Exercise helps prevent and improve a number of health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. Being sick or any physical aliment increases anxiety in most people. Exercise is also necessary for a regulated immune system, as well as maintaining a healthy hormone balance. There’s reason to believe that inactivity prevents these important things from occurring.
Siddiqu “The Personal Trainer” is a CPT, Certified Nutritionist, motivational speaker, author of How Are You Fat and Saved?! He is also the Co-creator of the largest bootcamp in Chicago The No Excuse Bootcamp. For more information visit www.chicagofit4life.com
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