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🧠 If you’re waiting for motivation to go to the gym — you’ve got the order wrong.
Motivation is not the cause of movement, but its result.
When you exercise, here’s what happens in your brain:
⚡ Dopamine & norepinephrine are released → focus, motivation, energy
🌱 BDNF ("brain fertilizer") increases → new neurons, stronger memory
😊 Depressed mood decreases — supported by clinical evidence
How effective is it? For mild-to-moderate depression, exercise has comparable efficacy to SSRIs (Noetel et al., 2024 — BMJ).
Ten minutes is enough to get started. Aim for 3× 40 minutes per week.
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