Do you get an excercise high?

phyllb
phyllb Posts: 735 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What do u have to do physically to get there
What does it feel like for you?

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  • phillyb2013
    phillyb2013 Posts: 271 Member
    Really push myself to the limit and it is a feeling of just feeling great physically and emotionally :-)
  • doctorregenerated
    doctorregenerated Posts: 188 Member
    I'd also like more information on this.
    Is the high before or after you feel like absolutely dying? If its before, I must be missing it.
    Do you have to consistently exercise a certain amount of days a week for a certain amount of months to finally get it?
    For those that get this, did it just happen one day or was it right away in their exercise program?
    Were you the type of people that exercised their whole lives or were you completely sedentary at one point?
    Thanks!!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Yes I do...

    regardless of my failure or success at getting the bar up/down when I am done with a lifting session 98% of the time I have that "high"....

    I feel great, I feel accomplished, I have energy and I want to dance...literally...dance...usually ends up as a bike ride or something.

    I used to get it from running as well esp when I could see the time steadily come down for my mile...

    It didn't happen right away it was when things got "hard"..which is a relative term.

    And I was sedentary for a long time with occasional bouts of exercise.
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    Exercise high? No. But I feel very good after I'm done. "After exercise high"? Especially if I really push myself during workout. I think it has less to do with chemicals being released in my body than mental feeling of pride and accomplishment. But as of effects crated by chemicals they call "exercise high" I have never really felt.
  • Cerakoala
    Cerakoala Posts: 2,547 Member
    Push myself harder thanI did last time :) It is a great feeling knowing I am in control of my body and that I can push my limits. When I am done It gives me that feeling of success no matter how good or bad the workout went, as long as I know I pushed myself to what I am capable of :)
  • Tillyecl1
    Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
    I never used to exercise and was very overweight.

    I lost the weight and took up triathlon.

    When I run or cycle really hard (I have to really push myself though) I get the strangest feelings of euphoria. It's amazing, I think at that point I must be the happiest person in the world and I normally feel like I could carry on running forever. I have also run along with tears streaming down my face because of the joy I felt.

    I think I have always had it, even when I was only running short distances as I was losing weight, if I push myself then this is my body's reaction.

    It really is the weirdest thing.
  • joepage612
    joepage612 Posts: 179 Member
    I do and it makes me addicted
    I do cardio at my optimal heart rate according to the elliptical onboard computer.
    Its been taking longer and longer to get a runners-high maybe because of the law of diminishing returns.
    I need to have a strong black coffee before I work out.
    I need my personal music device with my best up-and-ademm music.

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