The best exercise for mental health is........

[MillCreek]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30227-X/fulltext?mod=article_inline

Team sports, followed by cycling and aerobics/gym.  All three of them are fairly close, though.  I certainly feel better when riding my bicycle.

[cordex]

I certainly feel better [than other people] when riding my bicycle.

FIFY
 

[makattak]

I have previously read that dancing was the best exercise for mental health. (Especially with a partner- coordination, timing, balance, etc...)

As I'm not paying for access, does that fall under "team sports" or was that not included within the study?

[Ben]

I'd be interested in the breakdown of the Myers-Briggs personality types in the sample set.

I always feel mentally better after a good exercise session. However, team sports would have the opposite effect - likely because of my brain thinking back to picking teams in junior high and high school. 

I despise team sports and I think I would come away more mentally stressed from some team activity where I had to put up with a bunch of jackasses. I think my best exercise for feeling "mentally high" is a really long solo day hike in the wilderness. I always come away with a smile on my face.

[Pb]

I would have guessed sex...  

[230RN]

I would have guessed sex...  

No wonder I'm feeling crappy.

[TechMan]

No wonder I'm feeling crappy.

Get a grip on yourself.

[MillCreek]

Get a grip on yourself.

Stop jerking him around.

[makattak]

I'd be interested in the breakdown of the Myers-Briggs personality types in the sample set.

I always feel mentally better after a good exercise session. However, team sports would have the opposite effect - likely because of my brain thinking back to picking teams in junior high and high school. 

I despise team sports and I think I would come away more mentally stressed from some team activity where I had to put up with a bunch of jackasses. I think my best exercise for feeling "mentally high" is a really long solo day hike in the wilderness. I always come away with a smile on my face.

oooo! Hold on, I'm fairly certain I read recently that Myers-Briggs is a bunch of crap. (Note: The study didn't phrase it that way.)

I'll see if I can find that item somewhere.

[230RN]

^ Try Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#Criticism

Cruelly:

Psychometric specialist Robert Hogan wrote: "Most personality psychologists regard the MBTI as little more than an elaborate Chinese fortune cookie..."

But:

https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/home.htm

I guess if companies want to buy (into) it, that's OK with me.

[makattak]

^ Try Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#Criticism

Cruelly:

On the other hand:

https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/home.htm

Thanks. I found a lot of similar items, but none that seemed to be the one I had read, but I'm rather certain they will all have similar complaints.

[KD5NRH]

The ones I've seen are generally true lead-follow partner dancing and road cycling. Line dancing and other choreographed styles fail, along with spin class, as they lack the elements of responding quickly to changes in the situation.

[MechAg94]

oooo! Hold on, I'm fairly certain I read recently that Myers-Briggs is a bunch of crap. (Note: The study didn't phrase it that way.)

I'll see if I can find that item somewhere.

I guess a good bowel movement might help also.  I once had an older guy tell me "you know you are old when a really good s*** is better than sex."  I still don't agree with him, but I get his point a little more. 

[BlueStarLizzard]

oooo! Hold on, I'm fairly certain I read recently that Myers-Briggs is a bunch of crap. (Note: The study didn't phrase it that way.)

I'll see if I can find that item somewhere.

Grain of salt. It can be informative in a very limited degree, but it's merits are generally overblown and overstated.

You can gain some insight about yourself if you know where you fall on the test, but you have to remember that a whole lot of factors make up a person's personality and no such test is going to be spot on when it comes to defining people into neat little categories.

*Shrug*

[Ben]

Interesting to see how the dynamic of APS has changed over the years. Used to be we always talked about how interesting it was that the majority of us here were INTJ (the rarest of the types) or on either side of it. :)

[zxcvbob]

Interesting to see how the dynamic of APS has changed over the years. Used to be we always talked about how interesting it was that the majority of us here were INTJ (the rarest of the types) or on either side of it. :)

I am INTP; don't remember what the P stands for, other than it's not Judge.  (Perception?)

[Ron]

The Myers Briggs in many ways tells us what we already knew.

A more current test that is being used is the Big 5 Personality test.

After taking it I wasn’t sure what to make of the results and dug a little deeper. It actually gave me some insight and has helped me going forward.

You can take a legitimate version of it at Jonathan Haidt’s research site yourmorals.org

All the tests at that site are actual research tests or connected to ongoing research, they aren’t the silly click bait tests you see on social media.

[Ron]

I hurt my foot in June and haven’t been on the bike or hiked since then.

I’m going out of my skull!

Also gained 10 pounds.

[freakazoid]

Isn't part of the Myers Briggs test is that you also pick which one you think fits you?

[Ben]

Isn't part of the Myers Briggs test is that you also pick which one you think fits you?

I don't think so. I had to take mine at work like 15 years ago. The psych lady had us take the test, then she "graded" them, or whatever and assigned us our type.

[Fitz]

I've found wrestling to be great. Less of a fight obviously than "real" fighting, more of a dance. Responding to not only what your opponent is doing and what the match is supposed to end like, but also the crowd, reacting and giving them what they want. Setting up the big fall, kicking out etc.


Plus it's a heck of a workout.

[KD5NRH]

I am INTP; don't remember what the P stands for, other than it's not Judge.  (Perception?)

Pansy.   

[230RN]

^
<snort>

I was wondering what set of characteristics do employers desire?