Feeling pressured by the demands of both work and home? Whatever you do, don’t sacrifice your workouts. Researchers from four universities recently surveyed nearly 500 working adults to determine whether regular exercise–an extra ball among the multiple priorities that working women juggle–affected work-life balance, and they found that it does: It improves it. “The idea sounds counterintuitive,” says lead study author Russell Clayton, assistant professor of management at Saint Leo University in Florida. How can adding to an already packed day help alleviate stress and improve your ability to cope? Clayton speculates that exercise provides a way to psychologically detach from work, which benefits home life. Plus, it helps us feel better about ourselves–good for life in any venue.  Exercise not only reenergizes our minds, body and soul, it helps balance our hormones to maintain healthy metabolism and digestive systems.

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