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That might be partly explained by it, my gym sessions/interval runs don't last more than 30-35 minutes. But I also do plenty of stuff in mountains - hikes, alp

That might be partly explained by it, my gym sessions/interval runs don't last more than 30-35 minutes. But I also do plenty of stuff in mountains - hikes, alpinism, ski touring, climbing etc. These are 3-10 hours activities (apart from short&intense burst while climbing), similar to slow running (sometimes actually pretty intense). These could be classified as some sort of "high", but more in a sense of euphory, joy of being in nature, seeing some amazing places, random meetings with animals etc. But nothing comparable to other "high" states from drugs. Just 2 very different worlds, both amazing but for different reasons.

tetraodonpuffer 11y ago
gym does not do it for me at all, as it's not really aerobic, and hiking in general requires too much brain power figuring out where to put your feet to allow me to get in the flow state plus in general it's not intense enough for long enough. For me it really seems like working out at a high enough level that you'd have to stop after 1:30 or so that does it, if I have longer rides (I have ridden up to 5 hours) it does not seem to be hard enough, while if you go shorter it's too hard, there just seems to be something about the hard-but-manageable-effort that does it for some reason Same deal with running, when I was marathon training and running for 2+ hours it did not happen as often as it did when I was half-marathon training and I was focusing on 1-1:30 workouts