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Running makes me Cheery?

Ashykins
Ashykins Posts: 233
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all I have a question. Yesterday I started C25k day 1 week 1 and I woke up in a decent mood, and I am very peppy ish today, almost happy. Does anyone else experience this with running?

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  • 1sisrat
    1sisrat Posts: 267 Member
    yes. Running (any endurance exercise) releases endorphins and dopamine (happy feeling chemicals). This is the reason therapists recomend their patient workout as well as take meds/therapy.
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
    Hey all I have a question. Yesterday I started C25k day 1 week 1 and I woke up in a decent mood, and I am very peppy ish today, almost happy. Does anyone else experience this with running?

    LOL ha i get the same way.It is strange!
  • NyxDominique
    NyxDominique Posts: 271 Member
    Yes, normally after I do cardio workouts I feel very peppy and energized. Which is why I prefer excerising in the morning.
  • NyxDominique
    NyxDominique Posts: 271 Member
    -ignore second post, posted twice for some reason
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Three cheers for endorphins!!! WOOHOO!
  • lazywriter
    lazywriter Posts: 90
    Also, the fact that you got up and did it is probably a good part of your good mood. :)
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I am definitely much bouncier since I started running, but not internally happier, no. Then I have had a really tough last year.
  • Ashykins
    Ashykins Posts: 233
    I am definitely much bouncier since I started running, but not internally happier, no. Then I have had a really tough last year.

    Yea that is the perfect wording, lately I've been dealing with deployment, so I am like uhhhhhhhhhhhh?? LOL!
  • drucilla8
    drucilla8 Posts: 15
    Yes running does make u feel up-beat and extra peppy. I feel like that every time I run.
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