Pushing your muscles with exercise is stress, but the kind that strengthens and heals. When you lift weights, run, or do yoga, you create tiny tears in your muscles. Sounds bad, but these tears trigger your body to repair stronger fibers, making you fitter and tougher. Plus, exercise floods your brain with feel-good endorphins, reducing anxiety and lifting your mood. So that burn you feel? It’s stress that’s actually healing you, not hurting you.
