Feeling "euphoric" while working out

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Feeling "euphoric" while working out
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Tue, 01-04-2005 - 6:38pm
There was an article in the Washington Post about avid exercisers today.





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Registered: 05-20-2004
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 10:02am

What's this exhiliration/euphoria you all speak of!!? No fair!! I don't get that feeling. I've had it maybe a couple of times in my life, but always after working out, and it had to be REALLY hard stuff, like running a cross country race. That was in high school.

Interesting that the article mentioned that people who are used to getting that feeling may get depressed when they can't work out. I've been depressed for most of my life (if not all), and exercising is one of the things that brings me up a 'normal' level of happiness. I get seriously irritable and snappish if I can't work out. So I guess I probably do get some exhiliration, I'm just starting a bit more in the hole than most of you, so I don't get as high. ??

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 10:21am

if you are prone to being depressed and/or are on

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Registered: 05-20-2004
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 12:48pm

That's very interesting and informative! My serotonin is heavily regulated.

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Registered: 05-01-2003
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 1:18pm
ABSOLUTELY! I LOVE that feeling. I most often experience euphoria while in my step class. Sarge's class was a different feeling but I loved the feeling of accomplishment that I experienced after surviving one of his workouts. Can't wait to get back to the gym...
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 1:43pm

not really! i basically just agreed with your theory about having more of a "hole" to work up out of!


not to mention i'm just guessing! but i'm glad i end up sounding interesting and informative when i'm guessing - i supposed that's what makes me a good lawyer!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 6:25pm

I have not been hard core for a while, but I was for at least a year. I worked out 1 1 1/2 hours a day. I have got back into it the past two days. 1/2 hour on the cross trainer and then weights for about 1/2 hour. I LOVE the feeling of NO GUILT after I work out. I also feel so good after I work out. I am so exausted, but it is a good exaustion...

:-) Rebecca

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Registered: 03-25-2004
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 6:27pm
Oh I hear you with that "NO GUILT" feeling... I love that exausted feeling too... it's like, YAHOO I did it, now get out of my way so I can PASS OUT! LOL!
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Registered: 10-27-2003
Wed, 01-05-2005 - 10:48pm

"utkgrad"? You wouldn't be from Knoxville, would you? I lived there for a while, went to UT, and still a big Vols fan.

Paula

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Thu, 01-06-2005 - 9:39am
welcome to gym rats! congrats on getting back to the gym. i love that exhausted feeling too.
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Registered: 05-07-2003
Thu, 01-06-2005 - 4:35pm


Well, i'm new enough that the euphoria doesn't set in until *after* i work out! During, things are still new and awkward enough that i can't get into "zen" mode during the workout, and in the midst of a paricular challenge i often say to myself "this is so difficult i'll never do it again!" (tongue-in-cheek, of course...). But the good feeling afterwards keeps me going back, despite my mental banter!

fuchsia