A study, published in the June 2018 issue of JAMA Psychiatry, analyzed 33 clinical trials for the effects of resistance exercise on depression. Results showed that resistance exercise “significantly reduced depressive symptoms” among participants. A notable finding was that participants showed an improvement in mood regardless of whether they grew physically stronger... “Evidence from studies of both animals and humans supports that resistance exercise training may improve both anxiety and depression...”
— Province Newspaper, Sept 6th 2020 issue
Evidence suggests that exercise in general can, in some cases, be as effective as medication, and without the side effects. A personal friend of mine mentored her special needs daughter through a new health/ training (diet and exercise) regime. Within a year, her daughter had lost 100 pounds and no longer needed the line up of medication she had been on for years, with a number of ailments subsiding (pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol etc.). Just sayin’ :) Hugs. XO
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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