What Kind of Exercise Is Best for Depression? 

I wish I got a runners high.

+1 for e-bikes, especially if fitted with torque sensor and fully accessorised to replace the second car.

The chart sucks. No legend? Minus is good? Where's the source?

Should've popped up at 4:07, a bit late from when he said it.

I looked through the videos, and found one from about two years ago. It essentially says that rewarding someone for exercising increases the amount they exercise. Some was Amazon points, and some was small coupons. All the research was about increasing gym attendance. The problem I see is that the rewards all came from someone else. I don't know if it would work if you made a reward scheme yourself. In the studies, the rewards were VERY small, with the largest equaling $1.25. I hope that helps (there could be other videos too, but that was the one I found).

I think that anything you might lose is compensated for by the research showing the benefits of owning and interacting with a pet. If you aren't doing the "best" exercise, having your puppers involved could easily bring the benefits up to or better than the "best" exercise. I wonder if there are any studies on it?

The best exercise is the one you can and will actually do. Maybe the good doctor was trying to allude to that with the callback to the how to get motivated to exercise video...but he should have outright said it. ANY compliance is better than none, even if the exercise you're doing isn't the one that'd be most effective. Perfect is the enemy of the good is the enemy of getting anything done at all.

It can be tough to find what exorcise works for you, but walking is still great imo. Dogs are wonderful. If you have the space and are able, skipping rope's an easy/cheap recommend, (fast workout that gives a high and easy to add to any routine) but I don't think there's a categorical best workout. I like pushups and hate crunches, and it's common for people to have arbitrary opinions like that, probably because it's all physically demanding/stressful and we have different physiology.

And in my experience, the longer you have ME, the longer the distance between the exertion and the PEM - I'm currently in a PEM crash from exertion on Wednesday (three days ago for those reading this in the future). That can make identifying triggers for crashes even more complicated - you overdo it, think you're okay the next day, and then are taken out by a surprise crash that was actually triggered days ago.

@@Inkinhart Yes I am learning this as well. I was not diagnosed until 13 years of ME/CFS, I had a recent experience of over exerting on Thursday and crashing on Sunday. I am getting a better handle of staying in my energy envelope with a smart watch and apps. (Athlytic and Beat Watcher) these are working the best for me at preventing or predicting how I will respond to physical exertion. I have to admit exercise is bad for some is hard to explain. That is why I commented on an exercise is good for depression video. Like anything generalizations are false. It is really hard to get specific help, and OI is often brushed off when your echocardiogram and other tests comeback normal.

@@shawnaford5540 Do you have any studies supporting that claim? I have the same thing, and your body still needs the exercise. It may make your ME symptoms feel worse, but you would have to provide evidence that it actually damages your body before I would quit.

@@shakeyj4523 I cannot medically advise you, I can say look up PEM. Read NICE 2021 Guidelines MAYO Clinic Proceedings for ME/CFS. If you have ME/CFS and are not exceeding your energy envelope that is an activity level you can handle. If you crash later that reduces your ability to recover in the future. So for me my actions of daily living are almost all the exercise I can tolerate. I do add in 10 to 30 seconds of exercise specific movements on good days. To answer your question exercise has been tried as a treatment for ME/CFS and for some it has led to increase to serve ME/CFS which is bedridden and even death. This was the exercise program where the exercise was increased on a schedule not adjusted for tolerance. Now the science says exercise as tolerated and this could vary on the day. It does not say not to move but we have it practice energy conservation staying within your energy envelope. I hope this answers your question, based on my experience. Maybe @Healthcare Triage can produce a video on ME/CFS as well as long Covid as up to 50% of people develop PEM.

@@shakeyj4523I am not a medical professional, look up PEM and see if this resonates with you.

They had a video a while ago about how moderate alcohol consumption has the same outcomes as no alcohol consumption, so I would imagine exercise does have a greater impact than reducing alcohol consumption.