Experiences with going to the gym/exercizing?

[Pangolin]

Has anyone actually started going to the gym and seen it improve your mental health? I have no clue where to start, I have a buddy that goes pretty frequently so I guess I could start there, but other than that i have no clue. I wanna seem like I have some kind of idea of what I'm doing.

 

[SexyIncél]

With extreme anxiety, it helped a tiny bit, but too little, so I dropped it. Because it didn't attack the root cause

Now exercise fits within my goals, so NOT doing it would damage my mental health. I focus on core strength; I use kettlebells, which I imagine is high benefit for minimal time. Though I'm no expert

I'm soon talking with someone who runs a good holistic gym; he also does nutrition & learns your goals. I also like listening to MMA coach Firas Zahabi on exercise; he emphasizes not damaging your body in the name of strengthening it