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Regular exercise boosts academic performance

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There are numerous challenges that emerge in campus. This include difficulty in finding accommodation, low allowances, threats of strike, insecurity, overcrowding in hostels among others that overburden the mental psyche of a student. Regular intensive exercise ensures an outlet to relieve the frustration and the strains which if left unchecked often lead to implosions, mental breakdowns and illness among students.

One of the most common ways that scholars deal with the aforementioned situations is to drown their sorrows in harmful activities like alcohol and drug abuse. The knowledge that physical activity provides great mental relief is largely known, but the extent of this solution is often faded in ignorance.

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