Optimum Exercise Intensity in Treadmill Exercise for Emotional Fitness

Abstract

This paper describes the concept of "Emotional Fitness" which is an exercise for mental and mind health care and proposes the optimum exercise intensity for Emotional Fitness. First, the heart beat stability (HBS) after the exercise is defined by the coherence of fluctuation of heart beat rhythm. Secondly, the optimum exercise intensity which makes HBS maximum is shown through treadmill exercise experiments. Finally, the correlativity between HBS and the hedonic tone measured by the two dimensional mood scale is discussed and the validity of the optimum exercise intensity for Emotional Fitness is shown.