why does it feel so “good” for a few hours after finishing an intense workout?

Question

Is it just the satisfaction of having completed the workout? Or is there something more to it biologically?

In: Biology

Answer 1

multiple reasons but one interesting one to me is it lowers stress

stress is evolutionarily adaptive and gives us extra energy to run away from a threat. then once we run, our body has mechanisms to get rid of that stress in order to conserve energy.

if you have extra energy or anxiety in your mind, do like 30 seconds – 2 minutes of intense workout that gets your heart to race a bit, somethin like jumping jacks.

then stop and the anxiety will be noticeably lower because of those mechanisms