Scientific arguments in support of the aerobic gymnastics as a means to fight stress

Abstract

In a studio created at Arizona State University, it has been shown that aerobic exercise is the most appropriate to fight depression and anxiety. It seems that physical exercise acts in the same way as the antidepressant medication, increasing the levels of the neurotransmitters: serotonin, dopamine and nor-epinephrine. Moreover, these two states can negatively influence the quality of sleep, self confidence, interrelation, but also the mental health of the practicing individuals.
The purpose of the research is that of finding out the degree of stress of the female economics students, in the conditions in which their activity has an accentuated intellectual character, being well known that the accumulation of an increasingly bigger volume of theoretic knowledge is required in the educational process. We started from the premise that the degree of stress will decrease by practicing aerobic gymnastics during the physical education and sport class.