Happy Monday everyone!! How nice is the weather. I hope all getting outside and doing some accidental exercise and enjoying yourselves. Now I know it’s coming up to be a busy end of year but try to keep up your weekly exercise. So: Exercise Your Brain Turns out, that half-hour workout was the smartest thing to do before an exam, speech, or something that you are trying to get ready for. Exercise strengthens the body and the mind. For instance people perform significantly better on memory tests if they have just done 30 minutes of cardio beforehand. All can improve learning, remembering, reasoning, alertness, and mood improve with fitness. A physical workout is better than any medicine. Its the single most powerful thing you can do for your brain. Now add healthy eating to your stay-fit regimen and your mental power will skyrocket. Exercise Your Mind To be at your sharpest, hit the ground running. A challenging exercise regimen increases blood flow and oxygen throughout our bodies and activates growth-stimulating hormones in the brain that help form new cells there. Active people may even be smarter: Exercise makes tough mental tasks, such as plotting strategy, easier to do by forging new connections between our brain cells. Working out also helps reverse the effects of chronic stress, which may hurt your brain. When were under constant pressure, our bodies become flooded with cortisol, a stress hormone that changes the structure of the brain, shrinks the size of the hippocampus, and hinders our ability to learn and remember. Your Mental-Fitness Game Plan: Aim for 30 minutes of moderate aerobic activity at least three days a week. Anything that leaves you out of breath is a good choice, like biking, running, swimming etc. To make your workout even more challenging mentally and physically, do intervals: •Warm up with a brisk 4-minute walk. •Jog at a steady pace for 10 minutes. •For the next 6 minutes, alternate 1 minute of walking lunges with 1 minute of walking. •Run at a fast pace for 5 minutes. •Cool down with 5 minutes of brisk walking.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:25:37 +0000
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