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Rage workouts don’t calm you down, research finds. Here’s what does.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Slamming tires with a sledgehammer, pummeling a punching bag, running yourself into the ground when you’re furious: the premise behind rage workouts is that intense physical exertion gives anger somewhere to go. A 2024 review of 154 studies covering more than 10,000 participants suggests it doesn’t work that way. […] Rage workouts don’t calm you down, research finds. Here’s what does. first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

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