European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse How Many calories a minute addiction to exercise associated press is definitely Beller icon a Cigar Etla. A dry Martini or a Lino of cocaine but i researcher says too Multi Otil can have the same result act Ticlin pm h Chan a clinical psychologist ant allele interviewed patients at Fimi in area sports Medicine clinics and Ichii wed research on the role of on i in Iho release of pleasure Rhc Micals in the brain. Thu report by Chan assistant dial thu Pui human services at Boston Umlor published in the 1987 medical mc1 1 Toa fat annual released by the a a based encyclopedia Britannic. J inc Tho Pir for More mileage More stromum1-. Int More frequent workouts and Man time devoted to exercise Nicanol j Hucles who started out As ill Oil risers became Overly Dunn Ali upon or in tact addicted to. Enci 1 Chan wrote. Even i in Days away trom exorcise pm Aliucci add ticks she said if. exp Nocing guilt. Derc .1. I. Irn lability. Moodiness and anxiety i Ungor periods produce major by opium. Of withdrawal. In enl rame cases Aiu re major injuries keep compulsive athletes from their sports for iwo or Shrut months they May even turn anorexic or addiction can occur in any strenuous sport. Chan said in a Telephone interview. But it is most common among Hose who Parl Iciak in aerobic endurance sports runners swimmers bicyclists triathletes and aerobic dancers. With certain personally types exercise begins As a weight or stress management technique but instead of becoming an enhancement of their life or a Means to an end it becomes an end in i sell she said instead of it becoming a stress reducer it becomes another Stross " addicted athletes she said olten loot the need to exercise vigorously live or and greater distances. By doing so they tend to become injured More often Ihan other athletes and when Hoy Are prevented from exorcising usually by injury they exhibit signs of psychological and physical withdrawal Chan estimated Hal 50 percent to 75 percent of people who exercise Dve or More limes a week could to considered addicts she warned though that her sampling was drawn from the patients of sports Medicine clinics who Ollon have already injured themselves through Over exercise and. Therefore May not be truly representative of Amateur athletes As a class some of the addictive Lorca of exercise can be attrib cd to morphine like chemicals released by the brain during violent physical activity the chemicals known As Bela endorphins Are believed to cause the runner s High and Sorne theorists believe that the More physically Fil a person becomes the harder that person must exercise to stimulate the release by me brain she said. Often addicted athletes go so hard so last or so far that their feet and joints can t take the stress Chan said in other cases they devote so much time to their obsessive Pursuit of exercise that their jobs and personal relationships suffer through becoming secondary concerns Chan a runner and a triathlete does t suggest giving up exercise but recommends that obsessive athletes Cut Back on their hours of exercise per week and try to become proficient in some sport Olhorn than their preferred one by lord they Are injured the following table shows the calories used per minute by a Opl of different weights performing different acl ties Ai varying rate. The values Are determined by measuring the amount of oxygen Arjeo. To is an indirect measure o the amount of muscle fuel or calories. Consumed. To use the table Lind your weight Range and multiply the Eal Ofta value Given Tor one minute or activity by the number of minutes you perform the activity for a nights not listed estimate the value from the ones Given. Activity weight in pounds 4 Badminton. Tal by Matuh if Cost i court 6,6 ,h. 13.om.pattuoh.e
