Effect of Exercise on Stress Level

It is already proved that strenuous exercise directly influences the physical fitness but it is not cleared that it may affect the mental fitness also. For this study total 170 (52 female and 118 male) students of B.P.Ed were selected randomly. The mean age of the subjects was (22 ± 2) years. After 24 weeks regular practice of exercise 3 hours per day and six days per week it is observed that stress level decreased by 17.94% in experimental group. Decrease in stress level may be due to practice of exercise help bump up the production of your brain’s feel- good neurotransmitters, called endorphins. On the other hand exercise can provide stress relief for our body by the practice of flight or fight response in the time of working together.