I lost a pet this week.  My dog died.  It wasn’t unexpected, and it was inevitable due to his age, but it was still very sad.  I found that continuing with my exercise regiment really helped my sadness.    Part of being sad is feeling helpless and when I was working out I did not feel helpless.  I had something to do with my raw energy.  I also found that I worked out harder and had more focus than normal.

I’m not saying you’ll get to skip the necessary stages of grieving, but I do think that when in the throws of grief, exercise seems to take the edge off.