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What Exercises Are Best For Mental Health?
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 12:32pm
Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 8:41am
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It seems intuitive that exercising makes us healthier in more ways than one — when our bodies are healthy, so are our minds.
But there’s actually not a lot of large-scale research supporting that belief. That's why Yale Professor Adam Checkroud and a team of researchers decided to complete a first-of-its-kind study to find out what kinds of exercise lead to the best mental health outcomes.
The Show spoke with Chekroud about the research and how it all started.