Bianca Pernice's List: brains or brawn the game

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  Walking  Benefits Brains
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  Walking  Improved Memory-Study

• Walking also  improved their learning ability, concentration, and  abstract reasoning. Stroke risk was cut by 57% in people  who walked as little as 20 minutes a day.⁹

   
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  Women  Who Walk Remember-Study
• "We also found that  for every extra mile walked per week there was a 13%  less chance of cognitive decline," said Yaffe,  who is Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the San Francisco  Veterans Administration Medical Center.
• Wake  Up Your Brain in the Morning Exercise

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• Tips for Choosing The Right Physical Exercise

  • In general, anything that is good for your heart is great for your brain.
  • Aerobic exercise is great for body and brain: not only does it improve brain function, but it also acts as a "first aid kit" on damaged brain cells.
  • Exercising in the morning before going to work not only spikes brain activity and prepares you for mental stresses for the rest of the day, but also produces increases retention of new information, and better reaction to complex situations.
  • When looking to change up your work out, look for an activity that incorporates coordination along with cardiovascular exercise, such as a dance class.
  • If you like crunching time at the gym alone, opt for circuit work outs, which both quickly spike your heart rate, but also constantly redirect your attention.
  • Hitting a wall or mentally exhausted? Doing a few jumping jacks might reboot your brain.

• found that reading books, writing, and participating in brain-stimulating activities at any age may preserve memory.
• A previous study from 2012—also published by the AAN journal Neurology—found that physical activity prevents brain shrinkage and preserves memory

• Physical activity protects against brain shrinkage.
• the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology found that exercising regularly in old age may better protect against brain shrinkage than engaging in mental or social activities.

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• In 2010, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight   or obese.¹