We runners, yogis, and other fitness addicts know that exercise can emit a zen like feeling. But people who don’t exercise regularly or may be new to exercise don’t. This article dives into the current research on the neuroscience behind that Zen like feeling. For those who think we’re crazy, these types of articles validate our claims and hopefully help propel people forward to become more active.

Below is a quote from Today’s article. Pass it on to someone in your life that needs a little evidence that exercise really does improve your life in innumerable ways.

Phys Ed: Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious

“It looks more and more like the positive stress of exercise prepares cells and structures and pathways within the brain so that they’re more equipped to handle stress in other forms,” says Michael Hopkins, a graduate student affiliated with the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Laboratory at Dartmouth, who has been studying how exercise differently affects thinking and emotion. “It’s pretty amazing, really, that you can get this translation from the realm of purely physical stresses to the realm of psychological stressors.”

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It seems like no matter what I do or say some people are resistant to exercise. Which is completely okay, ’cause I’ll be cheering them on until their ready to experience all that exercise has to offer. How are you cheering people on today to become more active?