How exercise can help you build resilience at any age [washingtonpost.com]

Gail Kennedy 2/23/239:16 AM

By Kelyn Soong, Illustration: Rose Jaffe/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, February 3, 2023

Stress surrounds us every day in subtle and substantial ways. Although we can’t eliminate stress from daily life, research shows that by intentionally stressing our bodies through exercise, we can change how we respond to stress and boost our resilience.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity — a career setback, a relationship breakup or any of the big and small disappointments of daily life — and grow from the experience so that we handle difficult situations even better the next time. Much of the research on resilience focuses on building the skill in childhood, but resilience can be strengthened at any age.

Resilience is essentially an emotional muscle, but a growing body of research shows that stressing our physical muscles by exercise is one way to increase our capacity to cope with daily stress.

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Lynn UnderwoodMember

Yeah, at 74 I am still riding my bike, walking 1 mile every day. Dana is terrified of visiting me...we have an extra bike!!!!

Lynn Sharpe Underwood

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