Mental Well-Being: A Major Motivator for Exercise, Study Finds

Many now prioritize mental health over weight loss, with a focus also on fitness and physical health.

Improving your chances to exercise, includes making plans to exercise and making time and energy for it in your day. Shutterstock

Exercising for mental health and well-being has become the main motivating factor for Australians, with a study showing that weight loss is no longer the reason why Aussies are choosing to exercise.

In a study commissioned by sports giant ASICS, a little more than 1,000 Australians were asked about their motivations for exercise and whether this had shifted over the past five years.