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Health benefits
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It can have some interesting positive side effects on your health, for example
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Ok... this is not exactly science but here goes.
I have a knee condition that gives persistent pain, day and night.
I take a daily dose of pain killers.
If I ride my bicycle or swim for 1 hour a day my pain is reduced by ~50%.
(This means less medication, and a clearer mind)
Like I said, not science... but its the truth.
If I had to compare it to drugs I would probably say the following:
1 hour exercise = 5mg oxycodone = 100mg tramadol = 10mg morphine.
(This is a prolonged pain relief)
Exercise has the added benefit of keeping my tolerance in check.