Benifits of Excercise

By: William Hodges

During college students encounter lots of mental wear on their bodies. This comes from the extreme amount of studying and the stress that is put on them from their classes. According to the insight Journal there is a link between stress and anxiety, depression, heart disease and stroke. Along with this, stress is just not mentally fun to deal with. While college students do have to face stress, there are many ways to help relieve it. One of the best ways is exercise. According to Thomas Jefferson, a person should "give about two of them [hours], every day, to exercise; for health must not be sacrificed to learning. A strong body makes the mind strong." The benefits of exercise are not newly understood. For centuries people have realized the importance of exercise on health. But in college though, exercise is extremely important. With the change in people eating habits and lack of physical activity that comes with college, exercise is a must in any college students life. As I wrote before in a blog post, eating habits change dramatically in college and people begin to eat bad foods excessively. The best way to fix this, (other than eating correctly) is to get good exercise and to work out properly. According to teens health, it is recommended that college students get at lead one hour of physical activity in every day of the week. This will counter act the negative effects of a poor diet and help to ease the daily stress of a college student. By doing this a student should begin to feel much better throughout the day and will be able to cope with the stress of work in college much easier.