Physical Intelligence - Day 23

The physical intelligence here is recognizing why it is we are exercising and if the reasons are driven by fear and trying to look a certain way due to psychological illness to get professional help.  I have known about things called "runners high" which are due to natural painkillers our body produces called endorphin.  I don't know if I have ever experienced my endorphins kick in and have no idea how exercise provides a "high".  As I looked for information about what this "runners high" is and its relationship to endorphins.  I ended up discovering it is a complex subject and not readily explained by terms like "runners high" : What the video about endorphins did show me is the caveat not to accept exercise advice as gospel and to test for myself any claim or tip. I certainly don't believe in being cynical but I see the wisdom in being skeptical.  Ultimately the reasoning I am building is that we are all unique bodies and beings and we must learn to be more finely attuned to direct evidence, rather than blindly accept claims.

This time last year I was relating how scheduling exercise maybe a way to create motivation, but the key principle of motivation should begin with knowing what is motivation and what is addiction.  I don't want to end up exercising more simply because I get more paranoid or obsessive about my body image.  At the same time the result of people getting manic about exercise is related to thoughts and not simply scheduling.  In the exercise addiction video, the thoughts of the young girl have become obsessive and so she is led into making dangerous decisions, not based on a physically intelligent outlook.

I am interested in the relationship between exercise and energy, much more than I am interested in being wary about exercise addiction, though I acknowledge exercise addiction is problematic. Even in the following video is showing that science is somewhat at a guessing point what the relationship between exercise, energy and neurotransmitters are :