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Not all exercise is the same when it comes to brain benefits. Moderate to hard endurance exercise makes your brain secrete BDNF. And you need to perform it at l
by super_mario 9y ago
Not all exercise is the same when it comes to brain benefits. Moderate to hard endurance exercise makes your brain secrete BDNF. And you need to perform it at least 3 times a week for 20-30 min minimum to notice any benefits.
Strength training on the other hand does nothing for your brain.
See "Bran Rules" talk by Dr. John Medina @Google:
https://youtu.be/IK1nMQq67VI https://youtu.be/IK1nMQq67VI
- it_learnses 9y agoNot true. Both aerobic and resistance exercises show benefits for your brain in the short term: https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/1/suppl_1/966/3900585 https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/1/suppl_1/966/3...
- Toast_25 9y agoThanks for pointing this out! I've been only doing strength training for the last year and been wondering why I haven't felt as sharp as when I ran somewhat regularly.