Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff.

For as long as I can remember, I like to move my body.

I remember my mom when I was younger, even though she was a very sweet lady, she used to complain that when we went to church,

I would just never sit still the entire surface.

I was always swinging my legs or doing something.

Then when I got in junior high in high school, I got involved with sports and also worked in the summer, so I was always very active.

When I went to college, I didn't do sports anymore, but I remember every day going to the gym and working out either running or lifting weights or something every day.

There was an indoor pool near my college back in Iowa and I used to go there even in the winters.

And pretty much most of these habits that I established in high school, college, and graduate

school, I've kept up to this very day. It's definitely changed over the years, not in a sense that I'm doing less, but more in what I'm doing. Like in the past, I used to be more of a long-distance runner. And when my knees started giving me problems I

switch and started riding bikes. I've always enjoyed walking outside, being in

nature, which is now part of my regular routine.

My routine has changed over the years,

but it's been pretty steady in that I'm doing something on a regular basis.

For example, now I like to get up early and go to the gym, and then after I take my kids to school,

I go to a yoga class before I head off to work.

And when I travel, I always bring my yoga mat with me, because I find yoga keeps my body limber and flexible and healthy.

And often hotels have gyms that I can go work at or pools that I can swim in.

So what does working out have to do with

happiness? I'm glad you asked. Well at the time of this recording of this

podcast a study just came out in April of 2018 in the Journal of Happiness Studies.

This study was done by Z-H-H-A-N and Chin, CH-A-N, and it's entitled A Systemic Review of the Relationship

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