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12 Ways Exercise Boosts Mental Health: Easing Depression, Revving Up Sex Drive, Calming Anxiety and More

Working out also boosts self-confidence and helps with PMS, stress and quitting smoking (13 Photos)

Stacey Colino on Oct 28, 2012 at 11:50PM

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12 Ways Exercise Boosts Mental Health: Easing Depression, Revving Up Sex Drive, Calming Anxiety and More

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Walk Briskly Toward a Healthy Libido

How you move outside the bed is just as important as what you do between the sheets. Research at the University of Texas at Austin suggests that moderate exercise (such as walking briskly or jogging on a treadmill) boosts sexual arousal in women thanks to a combination of changes in levels of brain chemicals and sympathetic nervous system activity, as well as improved mood. So get moving -- with or without your honey!

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