Psychotherapy Commission ACPEA year-long aerobic exercise program lowers long-term exposure to the stress hormone cortisol, as measured in hair samples, indicating reduced chronic stress. In a randomized trial with 130 healthy adults, those who completed 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise weekly for a year showed lower accumulated hair cortisol than a non-exercising control group. Other health markers such as cholesterol, blood sugar, and inflammatory measures did not show meaningful changes in this healthy sample.
This work is of interest to psychology because it links sustained physical activity to long-term regulation of biological stress systems, highlighting how lifestyle factors can influence neuroendocrine and autonomic processes involved in emotion and stress processing.
Article Title: How a year of regular exercise alters the biology of stress
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Article Title: How a year of regular exercise alters the biology of stress
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/how-a-year-of-regular-exercise-alters-the-biology-of-stress/
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