Sentence examples for pleasure exercise from inspiring English sources

And how many activities may we not be the best at which nevertheless provide us with pleasure, exercise, connection to others we wouldn't otherwise know, and an evolved sense of self?

Individuals with schizophrenia derive acute feelings of pleasure from exercise.

But most often, Dr. Hornstein found, managers bullied subordinates for the sheer pleasure of exercising power.

Like anyone who has developed a skill in performing a complex and difficult activity, the virtuous person takes pleasure in exercising his intellectual skills.

Moreover, that minority of prideful or "vain-glorious" persons who take pleasure in exercising power over others will naturally elicit preemptive defensive responses from others.

I took less pleasure in exercising where I could be seen.

There is empirical evidence from experimental studies in volunteers that some people report improved affect and pleasure while exercising at moderate levels.

Indeed, for decades researchers have been promoting the importance of preference and pleasure in the exercise environment to support exercise motivation [ 18, 19], with qualitative data from both adults [ 20, 21] and adolescents [ 12] indicating that 'choice' and 'control' contribute to positive affective responses.

The pleasures of exercising the ethical virtues are, in normal circumstances, mixed with pain.

Higher pleasures are pleasures caused by the exercise of our higher faculties, whereas lower pleasures are pleasures caused by the exercise of our lower capacities.

As Scorsese shows, they bind themselves in a carapace of order and discipline that allows them, too, to take visceral pleasure in the exercise of power.