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"Skipping workouts, whether it's because of an injury, a hectic work schedule, or just plain exhaustion, may be hazardous to one's mental as well as physical health. For a study in *Psychosomatic Medicine*, people who exercised regularly\u2014about three times a week\u2014were instructed either to stop working out or to continue their usual regimen for two weeks. Those who were forced to halt their workouts experienced an increase in depressive symptoms, including fatigue. And it was the most dedicated exercisers who experienced the most notable slide in mood, says Ali A. Weinstein, lead researcher from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She says that doing some small, manageable activity rather than none at all can protect against wintertime\u2014or anytime\u2014blues."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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