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Best damned quote of the week: “For those of us who occasionally battle with some minor form of depression, the gym is part therapist’s couch, part church, part Indian sweat lodge, and part afternoon spent with our head lying between the comforting bosom of a beautiful naked woman, but put it all together and it’s sweet mental bliss.Who among us hasn’t found relief from a bad breakup, the lost job, or even the loss of someone close, by lifting weights? Who among us hasn’t mentally transmitted his troubles into a heavy weight and just torn that mother up in a sweaty effort to exercise and exorcise that demon? Who among us hasn’t felt the blood surging through our muscles, followed by an intense cramping pain that’s both excruciating and cathartic at the same time?
You can have your soothing wind chimes, I’ll take the beautiful sound of clanging dumbbells any day.
In fact, you can shove your Prozac, your Xanax, your meditation, your Dr. Phil, the equally sophomoric Secret, your comfort food, and your whining. Instead, take this pill, the one that weighs 45 pounds and is made of solid iron. It won’t sedate you and it definitely won’t deaden your feelings, but it’ll flatten that thing gnawing on your soul.” - T.C. Luoma, T-Nation
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I find swimming to be the same kind of cathartic. Or a really hard run. A 10×100 set or even just 3-4×500 will clean about anything out and hopefully leave you too tired to care about whatever that thing gnawing on your soul was.
Good quote - it certainly applies to just about any kind of strenuous physical activity, and is a hell of a lot more effective (and healthier) than taking drugs to deal with your problems.