Looking for something to ease the constant holiday stress of obligations, shopping and money concerns, visiting families, holiday parties and functions, and to just work off some of that excess energy and nervousness that come from lots of sugar and stress, a holiday staple unfortunately?

I myself know that I’ve been succumbing to the holiday stress of everyone calling, wanting to go shopping, asking who’s doing what, and gathering shopping lists, and taking it out by eating too much comfort food! So, I resolved to make sure I kept going to the gym every day at work that I possibly can if I don’t have meetings.

Exercise is one of the best forms of stress reduction as well as an excellent, not to be beaten antidepressant. It’s just getting there that’s the hard part. The way you feel afterwards makes it all worthwhile, even if, while you’re sweatin’ your butt off on the treadmill or spinning your way into oblivion in a spinnning class, you’re cursing the very exercise that’s therapeutic for your body and soul!

One of the biggest things that’s overlooked when people look at managing stress is exercise. It may seem like an oxymoron of sorts to some, since exercise in itself requires a sort of “stress” on the body and exertion, however this is one oxymoron that holds true in almost every situation - no matter who you are, exercise is good for you.

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