Hollywood, Unapologetic! Hollywood, Unapologetic! "Why Weight Training Fights Depression and Has Helped Me Be a Better Filmmaker" (2016– ) Online

Hollywood, Unapologetic! Hollywood, Unapologetic! "Why Weight Training Fights Depression and Has Helped Me Be a Better Filmmaker" (2016– ) Online

Although a lot of fitness research for many years has focused on the physical and health benefits of exercise, there is a growing body of work establishing exercise promotes overall wellness and mental health. I've gone to gyms in many cities across the country. What I've noticed whenever the conversation of weight training comes up, some of the dialogue is about losing weight, fighting heart disease, working chest on "chest-day Mondays," while in some cities completely ignoring leg day altogether. Then moving to Los Angeles, some of the dialogue gravitated more to aesthetics, especially at the bigger gym chains where there's always the guys posing on the machines or busy looking at their arms in the mirror, waiting to get noticed. For them, the gym is a place to go shopping, while they can stroke their own ego. The gym for me has helped me gain some mobility. Three years ago, I could barely move. For years, it was a struggle to just walk form my front door to my car, relying on my ...