Endorphins?

[asterroc]

I really don't get this concept of "endorphins" as regards exercise.

I live on top of a hill, so this afternoon I started off by going down it until it ran out, then I went back up it. Thirty minutes and a mile or so later, I was a bit worse for wear, and thinking about other more interesting things I could be doing. It wasn't horribly boring as I took a route I hadn't taken before, but it wasn't terribly interesting either. I didn't feel particularly good about it, and there was no sense of satisfaction for having completed the task, as it was entirely pointless in the first place. Archery I'll get satisfaction from hitting the target. Climbing I'll have the accomplishment of going UP. Even ultimate frisbee I have fun interacting with friends and can learn new things such as playing defensively and "forcing home." But walking is... well, it's something I perfected by age three. Where's the challenge in that? What's so terribly exciting about something I do every day?

As I was told yesterday, "you live in your head."

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[sammka.livejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, only strenuous exercise produces noticeable endorphins.

This might be why as an asthmatic I also don't really know what they're talking about. But I do sometimes get them from low-impact aerobics like dancing and skiing.