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Shouldn't all jocks be Einsteins? All jokes aside, exercise reduces stress. Which can really affect your mental performance. I found that when I was working
by toblender 15y ago
Shouldn't all jocks be Einsteins?
All jokes aside, exercise reduces stress. Which can really affect your mental performance. I found that when I was working out consistently my academic scores were higher.
My number one tip to people going into university is to find time to workout 3 times a week to balance out the stress.
- johnnyjustice 15y agoWhat kind of exercise?
- fjordan 15y agoI have personally found the most benefit by basing my workouts around one of the main powerlifting exercises - squat, bench press, or deadlift. Cardiovascular exercise is best performed after a weightlifting session and provides additional benefits.
- jamesbkel 15y agoI've never really had any issues with stress, so I can't speak to that. However, somewhat related, I found daily exercise (more intense on some days, but at least something every day) did a lot to improve my sleep. In turn that made me much more effective when awake.
- seanalltogether 15y agoSame, working out every morning caused my body to fall into very predictable patterns around eating, sleeping, etc... I think most of all I appreciated leveling off my body. Using a mouse and keyboard all day would put certain stresses on certain muscles, but after 2 months of lifting weights the localized soreness went away.
- gwern 15y ago> Shouldn't all jocks be Einsteins? If they were, how would you know? Almost by definition, their interests do not incline towards physics and they spend little time on it (compared to whatever makes them a 'jock'). Even if they change their minds, it's a bit late - hard to become a top-notch physicist when you don't learn anything about it until you're 25 or 30 or something.