I don't get an endorphin high from regular maintenance exercise. I used to get them after swim meet events. I think for me it requires an exercise push well beyond the norm fueled by adrenaline.

I have never got it from exercising- I have from performing/doing quick changes/ other theatre events. I experience it so rarely now that I am mostly in the construction phase of theatre

I do feel very good after a hard swim, a little bit dazed, and hungry. But it's not really a high. And the hungry part is bad because I constantly have to argue myself off the bacon-egg-and-cheese-biscuit ledge. If I manage to avoid eating for twenty minutes my appetite returns to normal.

I think ferret life could be a good life.

And I am going back to sleep.

Martial arts--great endorphins producer. You don't even have to play Gonna Fly Now to kick it off. That feeling when your muscles are both loose and strong, and you can feel your whole body work to produce a punch to the right area--all the way from toes to fingers--exhilarating even when it's not a fight--I can get that with a punching bag. Press play on the Bas Rutten workout and just GO. And then the sweet sweet feeling of coming down from all of that --beyond compare of anything I can legally do in public, that's for sure.

I tend to think of endorphins after exercise as anything that makes me feel less sloggy. I really need to get back to doing the wii fit, both the running and the yoga would have me feeling much better in just 20 - 30 minutes.

My default feeling for the last few months seems to be "I could sleep." and that's not so helpful for the ever-present low-level depression.

I have gotten endorphin high from exercise, but only occasionally, and either from a really long hike or walk, or sometimes in yoga when I would feel "in the zone."

I do actually get a nice endorphin rush from working out moderately to strenuously. It usually hits me when I'm finished and walking out to the car, and I just feel sort of floaty. However, walking the dog isn't enough to produce an endorphin rush.

Best endorphin rush, though, was my tattoo. Definitely.

If I do a longer walk (say, 2 miles as opposed to a mile and a quarter), I think it gets my energy level up a bit higher but is counterbalanced by the icky sweaty feeling I have for a half hour or so afterward, which I absolutely hate.

In other news, I met this week's work deadline a day early yesterday afternoon. So this morning has been all about reconciling bank balance/paying bills, and I foresee an afternoon chock full of goofing off on the internet.

woohoo - go you Matt!

I am once again do real work and contributing to the office. I also organized getting Buffalo Wings for lunch, so I WIN!