Taking a quick glance, I don't see it... I see discussion of exercise as an element that can help depression, of exercise as a supplement to anti-depressant medication. There is an article by a personal trainer that emphasizes exercise to the point that one could think that he's saying that exercise is -the- cure for depression, but - first of all, he's a fitness trainer, and second of all, the study he refers to appears to be one that shows that exercise helps, but does not replace all other factors - after all, he quotes,
“Exercise can fill the gap for people who can’t receive traditional therapies because of cost or lack of access, or who don’t want to because of the perceived social stigma associated with these treatments,” he says. “Exercise also can supplement traditional treatments, helping patients become more focused and engaged.”
Fill the gap if you can't afford care - or supplement other treatment.
That's not the same as exercise being the one-true-only solution.
Nobody who is even vaguely aware of the research going on in the field would say that exercise -doesn't- help. However, the exercise that helps most is light aerobic exercise - notice the parts that talk about how even taking a brisk walk around the block can help (ahem, while you're incidentally getting sunlight.) The argument you make in your first post that you need to exercise -really hard- is simply unfounded. The argument that exercise is more important than and can replace all other treatments and activities is also unfounded. There are plenty of physically active people with chronic depression and/or seasonal affective disorder (which is, of course, a cause of depression not a thing separate from depression).
In any case, if exercise -were- the one true cure for depression, then your unwarranted attack on AJATT would be groundless - as long as one could work out a solitary exercise program that can be carried out while listening to Japanese, there would be no problem with the one true cure for depression and AJATT techniques coexisting.
Of course everyone can find this light therapy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_thera...ep_related
Here's an article arguing for sunlight to treat depression (because of natural vitamin D production) but citing a study that proves that vitamin D is effective...
http://www.healthyfellow.com/93/sunlight...epression/
That the various anti-depressants have been proven in clinical trials before the FDA would approve them should go without saying.
I encourage you not to discount the many other factors involved in depression.
Apparently, though, I was mistaken about there being studies that show that anaerobic exercise is detrimental to depression, or perhaps the study is merely old. Either way, this survey of the state of the literature (2006-2009) finds that the effects of anaerobic exercise are pretty much ambiguous, while aerobic exercise is clearly supported (as we all know, I believe) as being beneficial:
http://ijahsp.nova.edu/articles/Vol7Num2/pdf/cohen.pdf
Nonetheless, I think it's clear that urging people to exercise as hard as possible is misguided. Aerobic exercise is what is beneficial, and aerobic exercise is more about sustained motion than working hard. More importantly, the Cohen study shows that high-intensity -aerobic- exercise does not always have beneficial effects on mood, but low-intensity exercise (e.g. yoga) does.
Exercise regularly, lightly, and for thirty minutes appears to be the best way.
(Although, in the interest of not being misinterpreted,... Yes, every page on depression everywhere points out that -any- exercise is beneficial compared to -no- exercise, of course, and 'lightly' doesn't mean so lightly that your breathing and heart rate don't change - if it's that light it's not aerobic exercise after all!)
(After various pauses to read articles and deal with RL and so on, this post may be a little incoherent. My apologies if it is.)
