[oscribinn]

2.5 hours a week is insanely low for any young person in good health. I'm positive that at least 8-12 hours of determined, physically intensive training compared to a measly 2.5 hours of "exercise" per week will do a hell of a lot better for anyone's mental health than treating the usage of one's body as somehow secondary to the "knowledge based" work we're all forced to do to make a decent living in modern society.

[shrimp_emoji]

The latest recommendation is at least 16 hours of at least moderate physical activity per day. Basically, be moving from the time you wake up to the time you sleep, like our ancient ancestors. Turns out that's what the body evolved to optimize for.

Problem?

[plutonorm]

At one stage of my life I was running 10k every other day for months at a time. I was miserable. Also irritable.

[laeri]

Maybe not getting enough rest might have offset the positive factors?