Psychological health

Benefits of exercise on psychological health

Increases the feeling of well-being and mental stress decreases (release of endorphins that favor the "feel good" after exercise occurs).

Increasing and strengthening self-confidence and self-esteem.

Improves self-image helping to establish a positive relationship with one's body.

Decreases the degree of aggressiveness, anger, anxiety, anguish and depression.

It decreases the feeling of fatigue, giving more energy and work capacity.

Improves the quality of sleep and reduces insomnia.

Assists in maintaining a healthy sex life.

Benefits on the psycho-social aspects:

Alleviates adverse mood states and other manifestations of psychological stress.

It provides entertainment, distraction from everyday problems ...

It prevents and reduces symptoms of pathological states of anxiety (generalized anxiety disorder, phobic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder) and depression.

It helps prevent and modify certain abnormal behaviors such as antisocial behavior.

Involved in the prevention, control and abandon harmful to health as alcoholism, smoking and drug use behaviors.

It helps develop a lifestyle based on the commitment and perseverance, optimism, cooperation ...

Sets values ​​and positive role models.

Development and strengthening of social relations.

Learning and development of sports skills.

Coping and achieve challenges.