When Much Is Too Much—Compared to Light Exercisers, Heavy Exercisers Report More Mental Health Issues and Stress, but Less Sleep Complaints

Golshani, Sanobar; Najafpour, Ali; Hashemian, Seyed Sepehr; Goudarzi, Nasser; Shahmari, Fatemeh; Golshani, Sanam; Babaei, Masthaneh; Firoozabadi, Kimia; Dürsteler, Kenneth M; Brühl, Annette Beatrix; Shakeri, Jalal; Brand, Serge; Sadeghi-Bahmani, Dena

doi:10.3390/healthcare9101289

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Golshani, S., Najafpour, A., Hashemian, S. S., Goudarzi, N., Shahmari, F., Golshani, S., Babaei, M., Firoozabadi, K., Dürsteler, K. M., Brühl, A. B., Shakeri, J., Brand, S., & Sadeghi-Bahmani, D. (2021). When Much Is Too Much—Compared to Light Exercisers, Heavy Exercisers Report More Mental Health Issues and Stress, but Less Sleep Complaints. Healthcare, 9(10), 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101289

Abstract

Background: Physical inactivity has become a global somatic and mental health issue. To counterbalance, promoting regular physical activity appears plausible, above all among adults, where physical inactivity is particularly high. However, some, but sparse, research also indicates that excessive exercising might be associated with unfavorable mental health dimensions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that excessive exercising was associated with more mental health issues. To this end, we assessed mental health issues, stress, mental tou