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Harnessing the power of dopamine from workouts

  The amazing power of Dopamine Exercise gave me the motivation and drive to actually enlist and and give combat control a shot.  I sat around for years trying to talk myself into doing it, but it wasn't until I started seriously working out that it actually came together.  Although I didn't understand at the time, my limited research and curiosity about dopamine and how it effects our bodies has given me some interesting insights.   I knew back then that exercise enhances our mood and and well being, but without proper understanding we cannot harness its powerful benefits, and we can certainly have too much.  Exercise enhances dopamine levels... a lot.  It raises it as much as powerful drugs like amphetamine and cocaine.  The effects of exercise can last for hours after the actual training if approached correctly.   It's time to tune up your dopamine levels for discipline.   The problem we face when raising dopamine levels is that so many things can raise our dopamine lev