Not surprisingly, life feels better with exercise say researchers

Get up and go a little more say researchers from Penn State. who found that people’s satisfaction with life was higher on days when they exercised more than usual,

“We found that people’s satisfaction with life was directly impacted by their daily physical activity,” said Jaclyn Maher, graduate student in kinesiology. “The findings reinforce the idea that physical activity is a health behavior with important consequences for daily well-being and should be considered when developing national policies to enhance satisfaction with life.”

The team looked at the influence of physical activity on satisfaction with life among young adults ages 18 to 25 years. According to researchers this age range has more volatile sense of well-being.

“Emerging adults are going through a lot of changes; they are leaving home for the first time and attending college or starting jobs,” said Maher. “As a result, their satisfaction with life can plummet. We decided to focus on emerging adults because they stand to benefit the most from strategies to enhance satisfaction with life.”

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Penn State via Eureka Alert