Is lifting weighs or jogging better for OCD/anxiety?

[Enryu]

Is lifting weighs or jogging better for OCD/anxiety?

 

I can't really find an online source that says one is better than the other, they all just kind of say "exercise". However, I talked to my dad, who is a psychiatrist, and he said the journal articles say that jogging is better.

 

thanks!

[Chemar]

hi Enryu

honestly, I dont know the answer to your question.

I have been told that the best excercise it that which gives all the muscles a good work out and so I would think that whether it is brisk walking, or jogging or anything that works the whole body, that is best. Weight lifting, from my limited knowledge, works only certain muscles?? I think

 

the aspect of excercise that is good for mental health is that excercise releases endorphins in the brain, which are our natural "feel good" chemicals