Some slides on how exercise impacts mental health

1. Exercise & wellness
How movement breeds a healthy mindset

2. What the
hell is Josh
talking
about?
- My story
- SCIENCE! (& theories)
- The mental health part
- What’s stopping you?
- So what do you want to do?

3. What was happening?

4. What was happening?
- tiredness / attention

5. What was happening?
- tiredness / attention
- Memory

6. What was happening?
- tiredness / attention
- Memory
- Confidence

7. What was happening?
- Tiredness / attention
- Memory
- Confidence
- Productivity / creativity

8. The science-y bit

9. It’s how we evolved!

10. It doesn’t need to be strenuous!

11. But it can be if you want it to

12. Time for some mental health
chat

13. It is proven!

14. So what’s stopping you?

15. Common fears
• I’ve never done it
• I wasn’t good at sports at school
• I would feel silly
• Other people would make fun of me
• It won’t help unless it hurts - ‘No pain, no gain’
• It’s sweaty and uncomfortable
• I’m too tired
• I would rather do something else
• It’s expensive
• I think it will make me feel worse
• I don’t have anyone to do it with
• I don’t know where, when or how to start.

16. You haven’t actually given us any advice, ya jerk

17. So now you
wanna get
buff?

18. Recommended
reading /
watching
- What I Talk About When I Talk About
Running - Murakami
- Born to Run - Christopher McDougall
- Running Like a Girl - Alexandra
Heminsley
- The Barkley Marathons - Netflix
- Hoop Dreams - NBA

19. Thank you