Physical activity can help manage stress in several ways. Moderate exercise uses the body's flight-or-fight response in a beneficial way by improving circulation and lowering blood pressure. Both aerobic and anaerobic exercise as well as lifestyle activities like walking can help clear the mind of worries. Maintaining a healthy diet, sleeping well, and engaging in relaxation and leisure activities also support stress management.

1. The role of Physical
Activity in managing
one’s stress
Common barriers in doing
physical activity
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3. Some possible
causes of stress
• Under pressure
• Big changes
• Worrying
• No control over the outcome
of a situation
• Overwhelming responsible
• Times of uncertainty
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6. •Moderate or normal
psychological stress
interpreted as being
beneficial for the person
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7. Examples of
Eustress
•Promotion in work
•New job
•Marriage
•New home
•Having a child

8. Distress – negative response to a stressor
•Looking pale
•Muscular spasm
•Extreme fatigue
•Nonattendance in school
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9. Stress management techniques
•Change your thinking
•Change your behavior
•Change your lifestyle

10. Change your
lifestyle
• Diet
• Smoking and alcohol
•Exercise
• Sleep
•Leisure
• relaxation

11. Benefits of
exercise
• Uses the energy of the flight
or fight response
• Improves blood circulation
• Lowers blood pressure
• Clear the mind of worrying
• Improves self image
• Makes you feel better
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12. Sleep
•Good stress reducer
•Difficult to deal when tired
•Wake refreshed after a night’s sleep
•Plenty of daytime energy
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13. Physical activities that
can manage stress
• Aerobic exercise
Swimming, cardiovascular exercise, cycling
• Anerobic exercise
Weightlifting, sprinting and yoga
• Playing sports
Basketball, volleyball
• Lifestyle activities
Walking, running, sweeping,

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