Excercise to help deal with stress?

[chazz88038]

Does anyone have any idea what excercise is convenient enough for a 15 year old? I want to excercise to deal with my stress levels as they are through the roof and I read that getting excercise releases endorphins which blocks stress.

[Dakota_The_Rota]

"Does anyone have any idea what excercise is convenient enough for a 15 year old?" Any. But, the BEST is running. Us men use to run 10 miles just to catch up to a deer and kill it, so the human body adapted to, not only be the best for running longer distances than almost any other animal, our bodies also learned to love it.

[apple24]

wow 10 miles everyday? I got try this !

[Dakota_The_Rota]

@apple24 It wasn't every day, but when men would go hunting, we would run after animals until they would get exhausted. It was a very stupid way of going about it but, it worked enough to feed us and to keep us warm with the fur. But, I do run 5-6 miles every day. And I'm not overly stressed out by things because of it.

[apple24]

cool I alway jog/walk 2 miles several times a week. I should try it though to run 5-6 miles a day or one day out of the week run 10 miles str8.

[Dakota_The_Rota]

@apple24 It'll take about a month to be able to do it without stopping to run 5-6 miles because you are already doing 2 miles now. And if you want to do 10 miles, it might take months for it to happen. I use to run ten miles every time I practiced in high school. It was really hard work, and if you don't have over like an hour and a half to spend a day running, I advise to just run the 5-6 miles.

[apple24]

why are you trying to bring me down? lol Just tell me I can do it god dammit! I know its hard and I got a lot of spare time since I 1) don't have a job 2) I am in college 3) i don't have a social life outside of gag lol!
What sport did you take in high school? Was it track? crosscountry? I took cross-country in my middle school years and well when I moved to another place in my first year of high school, I gave up running. I was a long distance runner and well i kinda regret that I gave up my running. I alway felt like well I was one of the slowest girl and well I guess that why I never sign up. I let myself down by giving up my sport and well it be nice to feel that god awful pain again. I also use running as a way to cope with depression and stress and so forth. I live with way to many regrets. Alright sorry for blah away. It just bring the memories.

[Dakota_The_Rota]

@apple24 I wasn't trying to bring you down, I was telling you the reality of the situation. Not every is able to it because they don't have enough time to be able to, I wasn't saying you can't do it because you like suck as a person. And I was doing both cross country and track. And you should try to do it again, just remember to do a lot of stretching, this might help: running.competitor.com/.../3

The most important stretch is the dynamic kind, it's important you do them. And when you start only look at how long (time wise) you run for, and not distance. Once you are able to run for like 45 minutes without stopping, then worry about distance because your body is use to running at that point.

[soccerchick4eva]

Yeah it does help! normally when im really stressed i just go for a long slow run and have earphones in with my fav music playing at the same time :)

[Anonymous]

Running. Helps me a lot to deal with me stress