October 26th, 2012

Those who think life is too dull and joyless, will feel the joy of active exercise. According to experts at the University of Pennsylvania, if a person increases the normal workout, the bright taste of life back to him, at least for a few minutes.

In the process of research, doctors discovered that the satisfaction of man's own life has a direct impact daily physical activity . According to information received in the course of the study data failed to show that regular physical activity is one of the most important factors affecting the vitality of its people and providing a positive feeling. US scientists believe that this information should always be taken into account in the development of national policies to achieve a significant life satisfaction of citizens.

During the study the effects of physical activity on the state of life satisfaction was attended by people whose age is between 18 to 25 years. The researchers specifically chose to study precisely this age category of citizens, because it is a young and young boys and girls are often concerned about the idea of ​​dissatisfaction with his life. In particular, the young people of this age to endure quite a lot of serious life changes associated with admission to educational institutions, the creation of a family trying to find a good job. In the course of such action often has to experience some setbacks and disappointments. As a result, dramatically reducing overall life satisfaction.

The study involved two groups of students who are studying at the University of Pennsylvania. 190 people from the first group were special diary with entries about their own well-being and attitude to life for eight days. Another 63 people in the second group study kept diaries longer - for two weeks.
Before the study, all study participants fill out a questionnaire in which they talked about as life satisfaction, self-assessment, as well as the physical activity of each person.

Based on the results of surveys and records of people from the second group, the researchers sought to determine whether the reasons are to improve general well-being of people exercise, or life satisfaction increases due to elimination nervousness   and fatigue .

Thanks to the consistent monitoring of all these factors, researchers eventually determined that even a slight time that a person spends in the gym, can significantly increase the degree of satisfaction with life.