The gym is the preferred place of exercise for many modern people, especially for some urban white-collar workers. Such a venue and atmosphere can help them give up their glamorous appearance and detoxify their loneliness. And people who like outdoor sports, such as mountain climbing, hiking, horseback riding, etc., are usually smart, confident, optimistic, and have more control over their lives. They are rich in fantasy, long for freedom, and hope to get rid of the constraints of real life. There is also a part of the people, a variety of home sports equipment is particularly interested in, such as health ball, stepping machine, etc., this kind of people tend to be more active thinking, adaptability, good with a variety of people to deal with, but sometimes also like to play a little smart, hope that "once and for all".
From the point of view of the form of sports, ball sports can be said to be the most organized class of sports, whether it is soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc., there are a lot of people enjoy it. Such people also usually pay attention to the cooperation with others in life, know how to establish a solid interpersonal circle for themselves, for them, through playing ball to make friends may be more important than the sport itself. People who like yoga, Latin dance and other "fashionable" sports tend to be strict with themselves, more concerned about their own appearance and the evaluation of others, in order to achieve a certain goal, they will continue to push themselves. For others, walking is a regular part of their workout routine, which may seem mundane, but it actually has a lot of benefits. The same is true in life, they may not be so glamorous, but they are calm and patient, and they know how to make things work.
Another study shows that targeted appropriate exercise, in favor of correcting bad character defects, improve the psychological and mental state. For example, the natural timid people, you can learn to swim, skate, jump higher, to help themselves overcome psychological barriers; introverted people, you can participate in more ball, tug-of-war and other collective projects, to increase the team spirit; easy to impatient people, it is suitable for playing Tai Chi, long-distance running, etc., to help themselves overcome impulses, to increase the ability of self-control.
A friend said not to choose the holidays to travel, a do not want to add to the road traffic, do not want to add to the scenic spots, three do not want to add to their own psychological blockage, I understand; a friend said that the choice of vacation to exercise, one can meet with friends, the second is to be able to put the body of the strong and healthy, the third is to let the psychological recharge, I very much agree. We all know that appropriate exercise is good for the body, but many people don't necessarily understand how exercise can help their mental health.
1, exercise can improve interpersonal relationships
In the work life we can often see, those who have good interpersonal relationships are always in a good mood, glowing, full of interest in anything; interpersonal relationships are not good people are often lethargic, atrophy, lack of life should be fun. Psychologists have observed that people with good interpersonal relationships are better at creating opportunities for contact with others than those with poor interpersonal relationships, thus increasing familiarity with each other and creating a stronger attraction for each other, and enthusiasm for sports is one of them.
The reason for this is that sports are always played in a certain social environment, and they are always associated with people. We see whether it is the three major sports, or tennis, badminton, table tennis small ball sports, or square dance, gymnastics, skating and swimming, etc. are inseparable from the contact with others, it can be said that the movement is to increase the interaction between people in a good form. Due to the needs of the movement itself, people in the movement not only can break through shyness, increase communication to enhance understanding, can coordinate interpersonal relationships, expand social interaction, and through sports can also find like-minded partners to eliminate psychological loneliness. Ding Zan, a famous professor of medical psychology in China, has also pointed out that human 'psychological adaptation, the most important is the adaptation of interpersonal relationships, and sports precisely to eliminate the sense of loneliness and improve interpersonal relationships has a significant role.
Psychological studies have found that extroverts have a stronger need for social connection than introverts, in other words, introverts need to engage in more exercise to increase their chances of connecting with others. Introverts should choose team sports more often. The more people involved, the more they can enhance their own vitality and the spirit of cooperation***winning, and thus have better interpersonal relationships.
2, exercise can reduce psychological pressure
Whether in daily life interactions, or in the interpretation of film and television dramas, we have heard such words, "Do not be sad face, let's go to the treadmill on the sweat, your mood will be better! "Don't be sad, let's go to the treadmill and sweat it out, you'll feel better", "Work is so stressful, let's go to the ball game and relax". These descriptions are by no means empty, exercise to reduce stress is very effective and no side effects of the "good medicine". In the face of this increasingly fast-paced real world, each of us has their own knot, to deal with their own affairs of the heart, to reduce anxiety and stress, can be used to solve the sports.
Scientific studies have found that exercise itself can promote endocrine changes in the human body. The brain produces substances called endorphins after exercise, and the mood of a person is related to the amount of endorphins secreted from the brain. Exercise can stimulate the secretion of endorphins, and when exercise reaches a certain amount, the secretion of endorphins increases, and under the stimulation of endorphins, the human body and mind are in a relaxed and happy state. Endorphins are also known as "happy hormones", which can make people feel happy and satisfied, and can help people get rid of stress and unhappiness. Psychologists believe that exercise can make people reduce the psychological burden brought by excessive mental stress, which is the same as people in anger "knock, smash, skimming, falling" with the release and catharsis, only with the exercise of this reasonable behavior to replace, to achieve the purpose of weakening or eliminating the psychological pressure. And we encounter psychological pressure, choose to meditate for a long time, exhaustive thinking will cause physiological discomfort and psychological fatigue, and exercise can make the bad stimulus to change, can make the tension, anxiety, restlessness of the emotional state has been improved, mental capacity to improve, adaptability has been strengthened.
In order to better enjoy the stress-reducing effects of exercise, we recommend choosing a moderate to high intensity exercise, such as aerobics, running, hiking, badminton, etc., and exercising for more than 30 minutes in order to stimulate the secretion of "happy hormones". Of course, in order to achieve complete relaxation of the role of the body and mind, to choose their favorite sports is also very necessary. Remember, you depressed ah? Then exercise! Do you want to be happy? Then exercise!
3, exercise can improve self-efficacy
Through observation, it is not difficult to find that successful people like so one or two kinds of sports. For example, Wang Shi likes to climb mountains, Ma Yun plays Taiji, and Pan Shiyi is a runner. We would also describe people who exercise regularly as "more active and focused", which in psychology is called a high sense of psychological efficacy. This is a fundamental psychological quality that we all need to be successful, and exercise offers us a way to improve it.
Before we can explain why, we need to understand self-efficacy. In layman's terms, this is the degree of confidence that people have in their ability to use the skills they possess to accomplish a particular task. We need to constantly overcome objective difficulties (environment, difficulty, accidents, etc.) and subjective difficulties (timidity, withdrawal, lack of self-confidence, etc.) to do sports. If we are recognized, praised and envied in sports through constant practice, training and honing, we will inevitably gain the perception of self-success and peak experience. The experience of success is the most important and fundamental way to influence self-efficacy. It is the test of one's ability to mobilize all that is needed for success provides the most reliable proof and provides the most effective support for self-efficacy. Self-efficacy continues to improve, so that we can feel that we have the ability to have the strength to complete their own face of all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, that is, often said I can do, I'm the best, there must be no problem.
Reading this, we will know more clearly the benefits of exercise for us. The benefits of exercise in addition to strengthening the body, but also to make a person's mental health to maintain the best state of the way, so that exercise is reasonable and "polite", that is, the health of the mind and body.