I always find it curious to treat &quot;exercise&quot; as a boolean.<p>I have played basketball, football, ran cross country, multiple events in track &amp; field, jogged, lifted weights, snowboarded, played ultimate frisbee, and done daily situps by the hundreds (a la American Psycho).<p>They all have a different affect on your body and they require differing amounts of preparation and concentration. I don&#x27;t think all forms of exercise are considered equal and I suspect that different kinds of exercises would likely yield different results.<p>Notice that many of the examples of exercise I used are team sports and others are individual activities. I don&#x27;t think this distinction can be ignored. Also, having concrete goals for exercise gives a person a different level of motivation than just a vague &quot;allot X minutes in my schedule for some sort of exercise&quot;.<p>The idea of the combination of exercise + meditation is interesting. I feel like this would also lead to better sleep habits and more concentration and self-regulation of your schedule, which are both beneficial in their own ways.