Dr. Layne Norton

There was a study done in men with major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, and they had them two times a week for 25 minutes resistance train, 50 minutes.

For, I think it was eight weeks, okay? It wasn't a, like, advanced routine. It was very basic, right? Just go in and lift weights for 25 minutes two times a week. They saw a reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression. So we use what's called an effect size, you're familiar with, in research to kind of show you, like, it's not so that you'll report significant effects, right?

For, I think it was eight weeks, okay? It wasn't a, like, advanced routine. It was very basic, right? Just go in and lift weights for 25 minutes two times a week. They saw a reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression. So we use what's called an effect size, you're familiar with, in research to kind of show you, like, it's not so that you'll report significant effects, right?

For, I think it was eight weeks, okay? It wasn't a, like, advanced routine. It was very basic, right? Just go in and lift weights for 25 minutes two times a week. They saw a reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression. So we use what's called an effect size, you're familiar with, in research to kind of show you, like, it's not so that you'll report significant effects, right?

Significance is, you can have a significant effect that's small if you have enough data points, okay? But effect size tells you not significance, it tells you how powerful was it, how clinically relevant is it. For perspective, a small effect size is considered 0.2, medium is 0.5, and large is anything over 0.8. SSRIs are anywhere in literature, they hover around like a 0.5.

Significance is, you can have a significant effect that's small if you have enough data points, okay? But effect size tells you not significance, it tells you how powerful was it, how clinically relevant is it. For perspective, a small effect size is considered 0.2, medium is 0.5, and large is anything over 0.8. SSRIs are anywhere in literature, they hover around like a 0.5.

Significance is, you can have a significant effect that's small if you have enough data points, okay? But effect size tells you not significance, it tells you how powerful was it, how clinically relevant is it. For perspective, a small effect size is considered 0.2, medium is 0.5, and large is anything over 0.8. SSRIs are anywhere in literature, they hover around like a 0.5.

The effects of eight weeks of two times a week of resistance training for 25 minutes was an effect size of 1.7 on reducing the symptoms of depression. That is a massive effect size. And now, again, I'm not saying this is both and. I am not saying exercise is a replacement for medications for people who need them because some people may need them.

The effects of eight weeks of two times a week of resistance training for 25 minutes was an effect size of 1.7 on reducing the symptoms of depression. That is a massive effect size. And now, again, I'm not saying this is both and. I am not saying exercise is a replacement for medications for people who need them because some people may need them.

The effects of eight weeks of two times a week of resistance training for 25 minutes was an effect size of 1.7 on reducing the symptoms of depression. That is a massive effect size. And now, again, I'm not saying this is both and. I am not saying exercise is a replacement for medications for people who need them because some people may need them.

A medication to get them out of bed just to get them to go exercise.

A medication to get them out of bed just to get them to go exercise.

A medication to get them out of bed just to get them to go exercise.

Because again, information is not enough to change behavior. I have seen people who are depressed who literally could not get out of bed. Right. That's right. That's right.

Because again, information is not enough to change behavior. I have seen people who are depressed who literally could not get out of bed. Right. That's right. That's right.

Because again, information is not enough to change behavior. I have seen people who are depressed who literally could not get out of bed. Right. That's right. That's right.

It matters. So we know exercise improves cognition. It improves memory. It is neuroprotective. We are seeing so much data now to show that exercise is – it's so interesting what happens in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body.

It matters. So we know exercise improves cognition. It improves memory. It is neuroprotective. We are seeing so much data now to show that exercise is – it's so interesting what happens in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body.

It matters. So we know exercise improves cognition. It improves memory. It is neuroprotective. We are seeing so much data now to show that exercise is – it's so interesting what happens in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body.

And like, for example, as somebody who dealt with kind of chronic lower back pain, um, the biggest game changer for me with reducing my back pain was, um, psychological stress, stress reduction.