NEW STUDY: Fight Fatigue with Easy Exercise

from womenshealth.com

Attention, serial nappers: Several walks or easy bike rides per week could slice your feelings of fatigue in half, reports a study in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

Subjects did 30 minutes of easy cycling three times per week for six weeks; afterward, they reported feeling 65 percent less pooped out and 20 percent more alert. The lift may be related to levels of dopamine, which may affect feelings of fatigue and energy, says study co-author Patrick O’Connor, Ph.D. More