What's better to improve happiness/state of mind? Cardio or resistance training?

[Anonymous]

I'm particularly interested in the relative fitness benefits or the aesthetic benefits of either, just the affect on the mind due to the various hormones and things released.

Cardio

Resistance training

About the same

I have no idea / see answers

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Any opinions on this? Anyone with actual experience with this?

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Anyone have an opinion?

[Phoenix98]

Neither just overall balanced fitness across everything cardio and strength with a healthy intake of food will do the trick, tea especially will help you mentally both white and green tea are quite good in this area, meditation the actual ancient meditation is good for this as well.

[ConsultantIsBack]

If u do it right, your weight training is also cardio!

[Asker]

You can't do it for hours like regular cardio though.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Look up H. I. I. T. (High Intensity Interval Training)
if you are doing cardio for hours, you're doing it wrong mate! Unless you're a long distance runner/prepping for a marathon or something.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Fat loss oriented cardio is all about heart rate. Not time.

[Asker]

"if you are doing cardio for hours, you're doing it wrong mate!"

I'm not doing it for fat loss or health specifically though.

[ConsultantIsBack]

what are your fitness goals?

[Asker]

I'm content with being reasonably healthy, and I think I already am that. I feel happier since I've been exercising, and just want to know what form of exercise is best for that - otherwise I'll probably just stick to long distance cycling because that's fun for me.

[ConsultantIsBack]

ya go for it man there's no one right road!

[justbanANNAz]

id say about the same. i love that ur getting into it for health and happiness benefits. good mindset to have.

[Asker]

Well regular physical exhaustion seems to help keep my mind off girls so that's another plus I guess.

[justbanANNAz]

Excellent. Yeah i know what u mean. I use exercise to release that kinda energy sometimes too haha