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     When hearing about an exercise addiction, several people think that this is an untrue and just a mythological statement. I first heard about this addiction on TLC’s My Strange Addiction. The more I watched the show I was intrigued to find out that this addiction is found in a lot of people. I’ve heard my parents talk a lot about when they were in cross-country in high school. They both were very addicted to running, and without it, they would capture a bad mood, and hold on to it for the rest of the day. Today, my mom is still in need of running. When she doesn’t exercise she gets into bad moods and it sets off her whole day. She has a very mild case of an exercise addiction, and she will admit that she does need to exercise weekly to make sure that her moods are where they should be.
For the non-believers of this addiction, they argue that people just over exercise and that it can have no effect to the body and to what their mood is. First, I want to talk about a study done in the Journal of American College Health (Crider, Garman, Hayduk & Hodel, 2004). This study proves that this addiction is real and it does exist, especially to the younger generations. There were about 268 random volunteers in a regional university in eastern Pennsylvania who were pursuing degrees in liberal arts. They then were required to sign a form of consent and answer a 23-item self-reported questionnaire. This questionnaire sampled the demographics, frequency, duration and intensity of the physical activity that the individual preformed.  The results showed that 11 volunteers classified themselves as “in season athletes” and were then removed from the participation. The remaining 257 people were then studied. 196 volunteers were active for fewer than 360 minutes per week. This showed that they were part of a general sample, meaning that they were in the normal limits. In the high sample portion of the volunteers, 61 of them were reported to exercise 360 minutes or more per week. Out of those 61 participants, 56 of them showed activity patterns that appeared to be classified as an exercise addiction. This group was then labeled “dependent” meaning that they have the addiction, or they are close to be considered addicted to exercise. The group was composed of 52.7% men and 47.3% women (Crider, Garman, Hayduk & Hodel, 2004).
Not only can young adults have the addiction, it is proven that elders can become addicted to exercise as well. There was study done by Reactions Weekly showed that a 66-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease became exercise dependent, or in other words addicted to exercise. The article states that “he became obsessed with physical exercise” (Reactions Weekly). This addiction didn’t happen just in a matter of a few days. He gradually increased the time he spent exercising each day. He reported that he needed to exercise to achieve a sense of “well-being.” Being addicted to exercise, you are unaware that the behavior that you are doing is unhealthy.  When his level of exercise was reduced by doctors, he then developed withdrawal symptoms that include irritation and depression, just like other addictions.
This addiction is not classified as an addiction to doctors and in medical terminology books. However, more and more doctors are starting to become aware of the problem and are seeking training to help control the problem as well.  There are many terms that are used today in the medicine world that mean “exercise addiction.” These terms include excessive exercise, compulsive exercise, exercise dependence, over exercising and obligatory exercise. These words all address the same problem that “people who exercise to a point that is detrimental to their health,” states IDEA Fitness Journal (Kravitz & Morrisette, 2006).
Just like other addictions, in an exercise addiction there are several correlations to prove that this is a real addiction, not just some made up story.  When becoming addicted to exercise, there are several psychological indicators that prove that you are addicted to anything, including exercise. The behavior of the individual is no long under voluntary control. The addict’s behavior interferes with their normal everyday life. The individual experiences symptoms of withdrawal and without the ‘drug’ of exercise, the behavior of the addict can become mean and hurtful to other people (Kravitz & Morrisette, 2006). This addiction has been investigated and these investiagtions have shown that people can become addicted to exercise, and it is a very similar addiction like being addicted to alcohol, tobacco or other drugs (Gonzalez-Cutre & Sicilia, 2011).
There have been recent approaches to develop and understand how to measure the physiological and psychological symptoms of exercise addiction.  In one example, three people developed an Exercise Dependence Questionnaire in 1997. This measured the effects on the body and on the mind.  This questionnaire was established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It was made up 29 items with 8 different subscales where the researchers could analyze, in depth, of how over exercising can affect the body.  Some of the items that characterized a person being exercise dependent were that they stated that “After an exercise session I feel happier about life,” “I exercise to meet other people,” and “I exercise to be healthy.” All of these statements are made up excuses to make it okay that they exercise more than they should (Gonzalez-Cutre & Sicilia, 2011). In 2004, there was a scale to understand how to actually tell if someone is exercise dependent.  This scale is the first set of guidelines to prove that a person is exercise dependent. This is used in different medical books today to tell if a person is “preforming unhealthy exercise.” (Gonzalez-Cutre & Sicilia, 2011).
Stated in the Journal of Sports Sciences, “Recently, concerns have been raised regarding excessive exercise that may manifest itself as exercise dependence, a condition where individuals feel compelled to exercise despite injuries, obligations or attempts to reduce their activity” (Levy, Marchant 2005). The exercise addiction is realized and several people are realizing it. The people who cannot come to believe that this is an addiction, can see that the different studies that have been done have proven to show that this is a real addiction. It may be a small growing addiction, but it is real and it is serious. Nobody ever gives a real reason as to why they don’t believe that this is an addiction, other than saying that exercise is good for you and cannot hurt you. While researching and finding all of my statistics, it is apparent to me and to many researchers that this is a real problem and the body can really be affected by it.

Annotative Bibliography

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You can stop your addiction to exercise. (04, 15 2009). Retrieved from      http://www.justbewell.com/exercise.html

            This article talk a lot about what an exercise addiction really is. It informs the reader of     things that they should be looking for to verify that an addiction is occurring. I used this     article in my research paper for some of my literature review and my research paper to           help explain what an exercise addiction is and some thoughts on how to treat it.

Warrington, M. (12, 08 2010). How exercise can help treat addiction. Retrieved from        http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Exercise-Can-Help-Treat-Addiction&id=5516119
            This is an article from Mark Warrington where he talks a lot about how addictions can       really be solved by working out. I’m using this in my paper to have a counterargument             against the fact that you should use exercise as a treatment for addiction because exercise           can be just as addicting when doing it so often.

Exercise addiction: Obsessed with your workout?. (n.d.). Retrieved from             http://www.bodybuildingtipsguide.com/Body-Building-Exercises/Exercise-           Addiction.htm

            In this article, the author talks a lot about the symptoms of exercise addictions. There is a lot of good statistics that I used in my literature review to focus my points on what is   important to know about the addiction.  This is a very brief article, but supports my    findings about how exercise really is a serious addiction and not a lot of people know that        they have it.

           

Hartney, E. (03, 06 2012). What is exercise addiction?. Retrieved from             http://addictions.about.com/od/lesserknownaddictions/a/exerciseadd.htm

            There is always a lot of confusion about an exercise addiction and what it really is. There are points made about the confusion and controversy of the addiction. This article also        compares an exercise addiction to other addictions to see the correlation between the two.    This article is both used in my literature review and my research portion of my paper.

Seymour, J. J. (n.d.). Addiction to exercise help-how to overcome an addiction to exercise.           Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?Addiction-to-Exercise-Help---How-to-      Overcome-an-Addiction-to-Exercise&id=1550629

            In this article, it talks a lot about how to overcome an addiction. It specifically talks about            exercise addictions as well and the treatment needed for a fast and healthy recovery.  It      also talks about the possibility of even being addicted to exercise, the power of the     addiction and a way to treat the addiction. This portion is used in both my literature    review and research portion of my paper.

Jenkins, H. E., & Williams, M. (n.d.). Exercise addiction and dependence. Retrieved from             http://www.brainphysics.com/exercise-addiction.php

            When thinking about exercising too often, you think of just a healthy person. This             disorder is often misinterpreted. This article talks about the symptoms of an exercise             addiction and what to do to speak to a specialist. It also compares and exercise addiction     to other addictions and disorders that someone could have related to exercising.

Allen, A. (n.d.). Exercise addiction in men. Retrieved from http://men.webmd.com/guide/exercise-addiction

            This article is a very good article talking about exercise addictions in men. There are          several statistics that I have used in my literature review to prove my point that exercise       is an addiction and is an addiction that should be taken seriously.  There is a portion             about extreme exercisers and what happens to their body.

Perna, E. (07, 26 2011). The side effects of excessive exercise. Retrieved from             http://www.livestrong.com/article/501988-the-side-efects-of-excessive-exercise

            This is a very good article talking about the side effects of exercising too often. There are both physical effects to the body and mental effects. This article talks about the   symptoms to look for and some treatment pointers to head a person in the right direction.

Gonzalez-Cutre, D., & Sicilia, A. (2011). Dependence and phsycial exercise: spanish validation of the exercise dependence scale-revised. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 14(1), p421. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.38

          This article helps provide examples of exercise addiction and what it can do to the body. It provides examples of people who have the addiction and different studies that a college has done to prove that this is a real addiction, and not just something that someone has made up.  This article will be used mainly in my research portion of my paper to give vivid examples of the addiction to support my theory that it is an addiction.

(Gonzalez-Cutre & Sicilia, 2011)

Kravitz, L., & Morrisette, N. (2006). The unspoken correlate of exercise. IDEA Fitness Journal, 3(5), p20.

            This is a very credible article from a fitness journal. The article is about the symptoms of the exercise addiction.  There are several quotes that I plan to use for my paper to support my thoughts. In the article there are many questions that are asked that the authors answer to help readers with anything that they may be curious about.

(Kravitz & Morrisette, 2006)

“Pramipexole: exercise dependence (first report) in an elderly patient: case report.” Reactions        Weekly. 22 Jan. 2011: 37. Academic OneFile. Web. 5 Apr. 2012.

            This article is about a man who is older that has an exercise addiction. I used this article    to support the fact that any age can be prone to this addiction. The study is on a 66-year          old man that has Parkinson’s disease that uses exercise to recover his disease. He then develops exercise dependence, otherwise known in my paper as an exercise addiction.

(Reactions Weekly)

Crider, D. A., Garman, J. F., Hayduk, D. M., & Hodel, M. M. (2004). Occurrence of exercise dependence in a college-aged population. Journal of American College Health, 52(5), p221.

            This article comes from a journal that talks to the college population about health. This article is about exercise dependence and the correlation between working out in younger adults and how easy it is to become addicted to the feeling of exercise. There is a study that is talked about that is done in Pennsylvania. This article is used in my research portion of my paper to help support my theory.

(Crider, Garman, Hayduk & Hodel, 2004)

Levy, A., and D. Marchant. “Exercise dependence and fat phobia: pilot data.” Journal of Sports   Sciences Nov.-Dec 2005: 1259+. Academic OneFile. Web. 5 Apr. 2012

            In this article, the authors talk about a study that has been done on their behalf. They        present the results of the study and all the results that they found about their study. They       also provide some background information on the addiction as well.

(Levy, Marchant 2005)

Lit Review

What is a lit review?
To show professors what is going on in your particular discourse community (audience you're writing for).

What is an exercise addiction and how can it be treated efficiently and effectively?

Exercising can better someone’s life, or it can become very hurtful. As people may come to realize the feeling of endorphins, 1% of the entire population, and 10% of high performance runners and body builders, starts to realize the great explosion of feeling happy and energized after a workout, and cannot function without it ("You can stop," 04)("Exercise addiction: Obsessed," ). This kind of compulsion and obsession with working out can be just as destructive as taking drugs. In an article by Mark Warrington, it is explained that exercise can be used to treat other addictions (Warrington, 12). Several people may not know, however, that exercising can be an addiction itself. When realizing that one is putting exercise first on the priorities list, over everything important, he/she may question if this is actually an addiction. In fact, it is, and it is a very serious one indeed.

            Becoming addicted to exercise has been a growing problem in our society. People may look to exercise as an alternative to the addiction that they may have already had. As Warrington states, “Addiction is a huge problem many people go through and it’s very dangerous” (Warrington, 12). Little does he know, that the addictions that he may be talking about in his article, are just as contagious and compulsive as exercise addictions.  Exercise addictions usually begin and continue to be fueled by the fear of being overweight ("You can stop," 04). People may start working out because of the feeling of not being good enough for the rest of society to accept, and because they may not feel good about themselves in general.

            Many people, who actually have this addiction, do not know that they have it at all (Warrington, 12). Recognizing the symptoms to an exercise addiction is the first step into recovery ("Exercise addiction: Obsessed," ). This compulsive addiction is increasing today due to the change in exercise patterns that individuals are currently having. However, exercise addiction is not currently included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Hartney, 03). There are several reasons why this should be considered an addiction, but first people need to understand what the addiction actually consists of.

            One of the most abundant traits that are among those with an exercise addiction is that exercise begins to interfere with all aspects of a person’s life.  This begins to grow over a period of time, which makes it hard to the individual to actually notice it. Exercise then starts to become the most important part of a person’s life, where the individual is putting exercising before work, school, social life, relationships and family ("Exercise addiction: Obsessed," ). The addiction then progresses and the patient becomes anxious to workout along with the uncontrollable need and sensation to get the endorphins to be released into the body. The patient experiences points of withdraw and then starts to control how much exercise the body really needs to function. The neurotransmitters in the brain have then become implicated in exercise, like other addictions (Seymour).

            Exercise addictions are maladaptive, meaning that instead of improving a person’s life, it begins to cause more problems the more it progresses. This addiction can threaten the health of a person. It can cause injuries, physical damage to the body due to inadequate rest, malnutrition and other problems that cause health hazards. Exercise addictions are also persistent, meaning that an exercise addict may exercise too much and for too long without giving his or her body much of a chance to recover fully.  These addicts also exercise for hour every day, regardless of if they feel fatigued or ill.  Anxiety also kicks in if the addict is unable to exercise the way the body needs to (Hartney, 03).

            If one thinks that they may have, or are becoming to have, an exercise addiction, there are symptoms that one can look for. People who are addicted to exercise have several motives to explain their behavior. They may be looking to control body weight or shape, to achieve the feeling of an exercise-induced “high”, or to avoid the feeling of lack of exercise. These addicts also have a very tight knit schedule that they always have to attend to.  When exercise, they do not want to exercise with anyone. They avoid attracting attention of others, and want to be left alone while working out.  Exercise addicts will also exercise when feeling sick or injured, and in the end this will cause more physical problems (Jenkins & Williams). These addicts will also insist on losing sleep, just to make sure that they get their daily workout in. One only feels good when training and exercising, and without it, they may not have a good day. Exercise addicts also believe that eating is only a way to replenish for the next event, workout or race (Allen). In this WebMD article, Ian Cockerill, a sports psychologist at the University of Birmingham, England is quoted about the difference between health exercise and exercise that addicts do.  He says, “Healthy exercisers organize their exercise around their lives, wheras dependents organize their lives round their exercise” (Allen).

            The side effects of an exercise addiction are targeted at two main areas. The side effects hit the physical areas of a person and the psychological effects as well. The physical effects are what one would expect with over exercising, and are the side effects that are shown first.  Over exercising can lead to increased resting heart rate. If one’s resting heart rate has increased more than five beats per minute, over exercising may be something that you may be doing.  An addict may also experience a decreased appetite and unexplained weight loss.  Excessive thirst, especially at night, indicates dehydration. Along with all of this, lack of perspiration may also occur because ones body is already adapted to the regulation of fluids. The psychological effects are stronger than the physical effects. Addicts may not feel usual excitement for a usual fitness regimen or sport, and may not feel mentally and physically prepared for exercise.  Exercise addicts may also experience sleep disturbances, or may feel drowsy during work hours and may not be able to rest at night.  Excessive fatigue, apathy, irritability, hostility, depression, anger and inability to concentrate are all feelings that one may experience while being addicted to exercise (Perna, 07).

            The main question that an addict wants to know is how to overcome an exercise addiction. Addiction is all about losing control of your habits and no longer having the power to overcome the compulsion that your body has set.  Whether one is concerned with achieving the exercise “high” or one is in search of burning calories, over exercising is not a good thing, and this compulsion should be treated like any other addiction (Seymour).  The first initial step to getting over the addiction is to acknowledge you are addicted and commit to quit.  These addicts are advised to stay away from exercise for at least a month. Meditation, yoga and walking may help patients control the desire to workout rigorously. Engaging in other activities such as painting, writing, singing, dancing or gardening are great ways to keep the addicts mind off of exercising, which is ideal for recovery.  If a family member is working with an addict to overcome the addiction, he/she needs to be aware that aggressive behavior may occur when one is prohibited from exercising. Professional assistance is requested upon recovering over an addiction ("Exercise addiction: Obsessed," ).

            

Abstract-What is My Research Question?

Abstracts:
1. Why this topic? Why talk about it now?
When an exercising turns into an compulsion and that someone cannot live without it is when it starts to become an addiction. Several do not understand the difference between exercising the right way, and doing it the wrong way. Being addicted to exercising can come in a blink of an eye, and the individual may never notice it. The treatment is like any other addiction, and needs to be taken seriously in order to get the best results possible. Several people now are starting to exercise to better their health. With the obesity rate growing everyday, people are actually realizing that they have to take action to not be a part of the community who is considered obese. While bettering the individuals health, it consists of exercising, eating right and developing better habits. If not monitored carefully, the obsessiveness of losing weight may become an addiction. This addiction leads to the exercise addictions that several have, and may not even realize it.
2. Research question:
-How can exercise addictions be treated effectively and efficiently?
3. Preliminary conclusions: 
Rehabilitation and monitoring exercising habits to recognize the difference between exercising the right way or exercising the wrong way.


Abstract:

Being told over and over again that the country that you live in is the most obese country on the planet, really takes a toll on your mind to get you to start eating right and exercising. Several in American, however, have taken this path too far. When exercising turns into a compulsion and someone cannot live without it is when exercising starts to become an addiction. Several do not understand the difference between exercising the right way, and doing it the wrong way. Being addicted to exercising can come in a blink of an eye, and the individual may never notice it. The treatment is like any other addiction, and needs to be taken seriously in order to get the best results possible. Several people now are starting to exercise to better their health. With the obesity rate continuing to grow, people are finally realizing that they need to take action to be part of the community who is not considered obese. While bettering your health, it consists of exercising, eating right and developing better habits. If not monitored carefully, the obsessiveness of losing weight may become an addiction. This addiction leads to the exercise addictions that several have, and may not even realize it. In the following paper, I want to explain to you how this is really an addiction, and not just a myth that some people think that it is.