Can Lifting Weights Cure Depression and Anxiety? | Educational Video | Biolayne
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Citation: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37429...
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"When you lift heavy the weight of the world is lighter!" Words to live by. Thank you Dr. Norton.
"If you want your life to be easy do hard things"... Damn Confucius, I need to sit with this one for a while
I've been saying this for years, lol. so true!
Don’t just sit, do something
not just lifting weights but walking is as good as antidepressants for treating mild to moderate depression.
‘Happiness is the feeling that power increases’
Sometimes
Its probably more accurate to say happiness goes up as self-efficacy and perceived control over life increases. Chasing power (the amount you can control the world directly) goes off the rails rather quickly into anti social things as the limits of of humans control in life is much lower than we'd like (on a broad scale).
@@TheGreektrojan
Put way better 👍
@@TheGreektrojan your initial sentence is how it was meant by Nietzsche.
I have been doing research myself on just this subject. Lifting truly helps my depression and anger, but hard cardio ended my anxiety.
How does one do cardio without it interfering with hypertrophy? Not sure where to fit it in my routine but know it’s important for overall health.
@@dawiser1brisk walking a few times a week for 30-60 minutes, light jogging a few times a week for 20-30 mins, or one of the gym cardio machines a few times a week for 20-30 mins, etc
@dawiser1 slow and steady AFTER you lift. 20 minutes or so will have a pretty big effect.
Suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret
Resistance training has improved my life dramatically. I am an addict in recovery. I took antidepressants and anti anxiety meds the first year i was clean. Then i started working out.... After a couple months i started weaning myself off my meds because i felt so much better. It's been about 4 years now, and I love my body, I'm happier than at any point in my life. My blood work looks good. I can't recommend it enough, try it, stick with it, give it a year of serious effort , you'll be glad you did : )
Homie out there taking down Cartesian mind/body dualism.
Pre-established harmony or harmony of opposites? -- Leibniz, Fichte, and Hegel coming round the stretch.
Dad is dying right now, as my mum says " keep your nose to the grind" ie I will consistently still be RT walking biking rowing at the gym, do the things our body was made to do, don't let the grief sadness pull you down, one life you deserve the best life.
can we get a reel of layne shouting motivational stuff at us maybe bc hes great at it
That inspirational talk around 4:20 👏
Just a little more time that it takes to watch a Layne Norton video is it all it takes to reduce depression and anxiety though lifting weights. Sign me up!
More people need to see, hear and understand this. When something is said to be, "It's just in your mind," I'm like b*tch I live in my mind 24/7 and so do you! Mind/body care is so very important. Layne out here with the valuable truth bombs as always, good on ya.
My wife and I also hit the gym and it became a therapy and datenight at the same time, it lifts our mood and connection. We also have an educational RUclips channel and plan to talk about it too.
I need to find a wife that considers the gym a date😂 That's the perfect lady
Therapy isn't a mood lifter and exercise isn't therapy. If that's all you needed to feel better you didn't have issues that people need therapy for.
@@onemanswrld405you need to! I did and its the best feeling ever!
My life is in a spiral right now, and literally the only thing I have to look forward to that brings me any joy are my 2-3 times per week 90 minute weightlifting classes. I have faith that things will get better, but in the meantime RT is helping me hang on and feel good about and proud of myself.
I'm proud of you.
Keep going!
@@jong3821 Thank you so much. I love this channel and the kindness of strangers. 🙏🏻
I didn't need this study to convince me. As someone who has suffered from anxiety and depression all his life, the gym is a life saver, literally. If I didn't have the gym, I don't know if I'd be here. The gym gives me a purpose with constant new goals to achieve. Besides my dogs that I've been lucky enough to have had, the gym is what's kept me focused on something other than the thoughts in my head.
Words can not explain how much layne uplifts me and helps me drive forward in troublesome times.
Layne channeled his inner guru today. ☯️😆
All joking aside, I've seen some other studies and even a documentary where they had participants in two groups performing tasks either rested or after light exercises (20-30 walking) and cognitive functions was Greatly improved for those who had just taken a walk (they also showed differences with resistance training, people in retirement home was more cognitive than sedentary teenagers).
My anecdote: when I got out of college and got a desk job I had a brief span of time where I stopped being active. Not only was the job stressful but I was doing myself a disservice by being sedentary. What was crazy was, things I found stressful were less so when I started exercising again. It's crazy how something so simple in concept can help so drastically.
I love how he screams such motivational information. I needed that!
I might be less clinically depressed, but that doesn't change the things to be depressed and anxious about.
Yes layne says very clearly ‘it’s not a cure’ it’s a tool
For me, absolutely! The gym is my adult playground where I get to lift heavy stuff and put it all back until the next day. I have a lot of fun trying new things and challenging myself 6 days a week faithfully. 💪🏻💚
Definitley! and everyone needs an outlet to keep their sanity especially in todays world. Preworkout and music on with heavy weights, one of the best feelings that I wish more people would experience.
I thought we already knew this for a decade by now. I'm an n of 1 on taking SSRI's and working out, and I can tell you, the symptoms come back hard whenever I go a couple of days without working out in any shape or form.
Speaking from firsthand experience, it does not cure depression and anxiety but it helps out tremendously.
Try with really hard cardio. Its like a miracle
True. It is like medication, it doesn't fix the problem but it gives you another tool to help you on to the right path. Keep on fighting, my man, you're doing the right thing.
"If you only do what you feel like doing, you will never anything worth it in your life."
That's true. I have lived a while doing whatever I felt like, avoiding the hard and scary things and it only gave me problems. It truly is a recipe for disaster.
Thanks Layne, I needed to hear this today. Depression has been kicking my ass lately.
Life is not about being happy all the time. This is a fallacy we kinda are taught inadvertently. Feeling bad is part of it. Figure out why you are feeling bad and do things that can improve it. Exercise is definitely the best way imo as it makes you more resilient and makes it easier to set aside the bad thoughts. Taking the first step is always the hardest, if you can manage that you can manage a second.
@@NofirstnameNolastname don't give people advice if you don't know what you are talking about.
I've been working out 5 or 6 days a week since 1974 when I was an Olympic Weightlifter. I always looked at training as free therapy and structure in the face of chaos.
The mind is such a powerful thing. Just thinking different thoughts can increase strength
When you think about the stimulation of catecholamines from lifting and low levels of those in depression there you go.
Working out helped my mental health a lot. However, it was really the combination of working out + medication + therapy + strong relationships and social supports that allowed me to flourish. I'm an advocate of a kitchen-sink approach to mental health.
You have to start BEFORE you feel like doing it!!! You killed it Layne! I have been preaching this to my clients for years, but the way you express it in this video is on point! I will share with everyone I know!!
Spot on Lane. Doing hard things make life easier.
Well, feeling fit and strong, and looking better without all that loose flabby skin flopping around has always made ME feel better.
To be honest, I started out of vanity but kept with it for the other stuff
Dear Dr. Norton, thanks for the study break down. Love to learn from other disciplines! Also your message was really powerful. I started to weight lift as well and I really have to say it changed me forever in a positive way! Even if I don't lift 600 pounds, but I am happy about my progress I made (PR right now around 10-15 kg). Thanks for being here with us!
By far this is the one video that I will replay weekly for motivation THANK YOU !!!!!
I believe Brian Shaw preaches the same message, do something that's hard every day. Not always strength related, but something that challenges you in some way. It works wonders for the brain, and then everything else seems trivial.
I've been severely depressed, simple things like getting in the shower was a huge task that I couldn't imagine. Regular training changed my life from not wanting to live, to loving life. I'm still broke and lonley, but it's night and day.
He dropping knowledge today! Preach bro. One of your best videos.
I feel so good when I’m lifting ! My mood is better and I feel more confident !
Thank you for making this video Layne.
Love your passion! Keep motivating people!
I tell people i go to the gym for my mental health more than my physical health which has also improved since i got back into the gym. Thanks for the video Layne
DAMN, Layne!! This hit me so hard!! Thank you!!!
Great, balanced, scientific analysis of the study as usual!
Hell yeah Layne!!! Great advice with that motivational talk!!!
Preach, brother. “If you only do what you can, you will never be more than you are” - Master Shifu
Dr. Norton spittin' truth about the mental health benefits of resistance training and life. ❤ It
Easily one of the greatest Videos I, have watched! ❤️
Sir Layne, you rock! ❤️
It can definitely help, or at least in my experience it helped my panic disorder GREATLY. Unless you've experienced a panic or anxiety attack, you'll not understand how devastating they are and the psychological damage they can do.
Fantastic message! Like so many others who've gone down the road of hard training it has changed my life! This includes resistance training cardio and martial arts! And I quit a lot of bad habits because I see myself as an athlete! No matter how I feel at the beginning of my training I always feel better afterwards! 🏋️🥋🥊🥊🏃♂️
Very strong message Layne, thanks!
Great video !
If people would listen and apply these advices rather than watching nutrition and diet videos as an easy path to health, they would realize how true that is.
For some people, depression can be caused by listlessness, or lack of structured/meaningful progression in life. Keeping a workout log and writing progress down day to day helps that a lot.
This is one those things where I think, this did not need a study. It's extremely obvious it helps, sadly many don't want(can't) to try or believe it.
Over time, Training has definitely helped with stabilizing my emotions and clearing my mind. I focus better and I don’t get overwhelmed often anymore.
Exercise does work. I joined a gym and started weightlifting, and after just a few weeks, i felt better. Got to the point where if I had to miss a day, I would get anxiety.
If you still get anxiety, then how does it "work"?
You're just anxious about a different thing
I understand what you mean, so there has to be some mental discipline and grace going on, because we all are going to have to miss a day or two.
Happens to me too. Now you are addicted to the gym. Now the next step is realizing that YOU are actually worth it by yourself, even if you miss a week of workouts. You won't lose that much if anything and you are still going to be YOU. Now, try delofing weeks. Literally taking a week or two off, is going to feel bad the first days but after the fourth/fifth day you feel ok, you want to train again but you are not anxious about not lifting. And your body will thank you too if you train hard. Detach from it and now you are free. You just now it's good for you, you enjoy doing it, you want to do it, but your life doesn't depend on it, sometimes shit happens and it ok to take a rest day or a couple and come back stronger.
Loved the rant! The dichotomy of life couldn’t be truer!
Good timing on this one. Thank you!
As someone who has been depressed for over a decade, lifting has been a great help lately
regarding this quote "If you want your life to be easy do hard things" i had a period in my life when i would do only this, exercise 6-7 days a week, 10k steps everyday, 8h of sleep, 16h of fasting and clean eating, cold showers. I was feeling horrible and felt like the life was not worth livin' anymore, hard things without breaks of acknowledging what you have just accomplished would put you in a more stressful state. I know that this is an extreme and not what Dr. Layne was trying to convey, but the message could get across like this for some people. Strike for balance because doing hard things without relaxation is making life as hard as only relaxation.
I couldn't agree more, I've been suffering with depression and anxiety for 16 years and a I can honestly say I wouldn't be alive if I didn't have the gym, gym is my therapy 💪💪💪
It's not just about lifting weights; it's about the motivation and dedication to go to a place and work out. Many, if not all, pursue this to feel attractive and 'consumable' for sexual purposes, whether actively engaging or seeking attention at these locations. The primal instinct precedes scientific analysis.
I reckon this is spot on. If you lift weights you help your body. You get the quiet time between sets to think about life. You start forming a social circle. You make gains. You eat better. You sleep better. You feel better. It's an awesome cycle that is full of benefits
You’re wonderful! Thank you for this!!! 🔥
Thanks for this video Layne
Nice Layne, I totally agree and know from my own experience, great video 🎬 💪 👍
Exercise is what got me through grad school and keeps me going
Preach!! Great advice for life.
Great video! I am more positive to medication than many might be, but working out and an active lifestyle is also very underrated for better living. Good to hear that it also helps "normal" people.
wasn't expecting the motivational speech with this video. very well said.
Damn. Badly needed this kind of motivation.
You have to build a positive feedback loop with what you're doing. Resistance training is great at that, because it has simple instructions. Since it has simple instructions, anyone can follow them, and anyone can see results. Once you see results that come out of pain, you've completed the positive feedback loop/cycle. Use that in every other aspect of your life, and you will soon *seek* things that you can't do, because you want to get better. Failing, when confident, is the same as success, which makes the loop keep on looping, baby!
100%!!! I am always trying to share this kind of info with people. I wish people would just try it!
3:40 The same thing he talks about here happened exactly the same with me, I got stronger instantly I couldn't believe it. This video is great more people need to see it, especially older individuals.
Very well said Dr. Layne! I don't lift weights but I'm going to run the Mont-Blanc Marathon this weekend. I know, this will be hard!
One of the most powerful videos I saw. AMEN to that
Layne, disappointed not to see a response to the proof, Simon hill, this week. Hoping that you will get through it in the future. You have always put forth the idea that you're open to information and willing to change your mind. Indeed, you are one of the few people around who does that. I certainly hope you will find some time to do that soon. And, I very much look forward to what you have to say in that response.
Are you talking about the podcast? Is there a certain episode?
@@michaelkokinos2872 Yes, it's the Proof Podcast, Simon Hill. New Harvard Study, Protein and Healthy Aging, is the title and it was in response to Layne's assessment of that study about a month ago.
Honestly it’s the stronger bones and healthy aging that is convincing for me.
Top drawer review as always
Love this so much.
Excellent!!
This video pretty much encapsulates the Stoic philosophy of the likes of Zeno, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, etc...
Love it!!
P.S.: 7:43 -- It's called a "virtuous cycle"...
nice motivational speech, 100% on point!
This is something that resonates strongly with me as I am someone who has been struggling with a clinical anxiety disorder for the last 16-20 months and taking clinical medication. Training has been the one anchor I could count on, when my mind is blaring and emotions are flying and confusion is in bound it was just so easy to go into the gym and shut off my mind. That being said I find myself now in a position where I almost in a constantly over trained state. I have to to actively pull myself back from training too much. I have 2 training sessions per day spaced out by 12 hours and roughly try and get 2-4 hours sleep between each one. Not gonna lie I feel like an addict chasing the dragon if you can understand the analogy. If I could I would literally not stop working out. Its not sustainable or optimal or healthy but without working out I will tell you from my perspective and experience I would be a thousand times worse emotionally and mentally.
Did mine. Changed my life.
Fooor the algorithm
I take medications and I also lift weights 4 days a week because I love it and it helps a lot. I was diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder. Depression got so bad I had to get ECT treatments. Thank goodness I'm on remission and I'm recovering strength and muscle that I lost during those dark days.
Powerful message.
Day 82 of carnivore. It's been game changing for my chronic mental health issues. Can't believe how much better I feel
Do not always agree with your videos, but this one makes sense.
loved the rant at the end of the vid
If your not working out, please Start today, no excuses, make it a priority, why ? It will make a huge difference in your life. In life’s journey, when you hit a pot hole, or in my case a sink hole (cancer) you will be stronger mentally and physically. My rare Lymphoma needed a lot chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. My personal trainer had improved my fitness level so I could tackle the really hard treatments that saved my life .
FACTS! I hope you’re well.
after 15 years of chronic, treatment resistant depression lifting was the only thing that made any significant impact.
video comes out as I skipped my session yesterday due to a bout of depression that took me out for the day. I ll be back in the gym today :)
This is a great video.
great message ❤
Great vid 👍
I have my own recent anecdotal evidence. In 2022 I was trying to lose a shit-ton of weight and I was lifting about three days a week along with three days of cardio. In the latter half of 2023, I had eased off the resistance training and was mainly doing cardio. As someone whose mood can depress with the changing of summer into fall and winter, there was a noticeable difference between fall/winter of 2022 and of 2023. After my dad passed away on Nov 30, 2022, I took some days off work and my first day back was rough. I'm not sure how I did it, but after a week of not working out, I made it back into the gym and my mood dramatically improved. I swear, that one session probably saved me from a full-tilt depressive spiral.
So, from March 2022 to April 2023 I lost 82 lbs. I pretty much stayed in the same range as I kept on procrastinating a start to a new weight lifting routine which set me up for the bad fall/winter ahead. By February '24, I had put back on about 25 of those 82 pounds.
Guess who's lifting again.
Tremendous! 🙌
Im a testimony that it can in fact help alot!
most of us who train know this. try telling it to someone who doesnt train.
Man I needed to hear some of the things in this video