Researchers looking at the link between physical activity and mental health found that sports performed in groups, like team sports and gym classes, provided the most mental health benefits, followed by cycling on the road or on a stationary bike.

The study, published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, analyzed different types of exercise, discovering that team sports and gym classes provided greater mental health benefits than running or walking.

Those who play team sports like soccer and basketball reported 22.3% fewer poor mental-health days than those who don’t exercise. Runners and joggers fared 19% better, while those who did household chores did 11.8% better than non-exercising participants.

In a secondary analysis, the researchers found that yoga and tai chi - along with other recreational sports from yoga to golf to horseback riding had a 22.9% reduction in poor mental-health days.

Exercise between 30 and 60 minutes for the best mental health; 45 minutes, three to five times a week is optimal.