Exercise & Mental Health: Summary (of L11-L14)

• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary 

  • Understanding the effects of PA on mental health is just as important as knowing the physical benefits 
  • Understanding psych benefits are important
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary 

  • The relationship between/ exercise & mental health is not clear cut 
  • Still heaps of research to do
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary

  • Mechanisms through which we exercise might influence include neurobiological, psychosocial & behavioural 
  • Different mechanisms that may influence 
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary

  • There is strong evidence of a positive relationship between PA & depression (esp moderate, chronic exercise)
  • Effects of PA on anxiety are less robust, but promising
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary

  • To enhance self-esteem we should tailor exercise programmes to target self-perceptions that a client values 
  • Target approached by things 
  • Value based motivation good for adherence
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary

  • If we let clients self-select intensity based on positive affect (feeling good) they usually get it right, correct intensity to recap benefits 
  • Usually do get it right 
  • Psych benefits + adherence
• Exercise & Mental Health: Summary

  • One size doesn’t fit all we need to:
  • Listen to individuals 
  • Support clients to positively appraise their exercise response 
  • Monitor clients ask them how they’re feeling throughout exercise 
  • Want them to feel good 
  • Elite athlete: not always gonna feel good; more focus on those inactive/general pop