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Can someone please explain how weighlifting figures into this ? It is rated ahead of Ritalin .. so does that imply lifting heavy weights will improve focus duri

Can someone please explain how weighlifting figures into this ? It is rated ahead of Ritalin .. so does that imply lifting heavy weights will improve focus during doing non-physical tasks?

starkd 4y ago
I think any kind of vigorous excercise does this.
- BizarroLand 4y ago
  Any activity that is completely divorced from your extant life stressors and that requires all of your focus for a limited time frame would probably also qualify. Weightlifting requires focusing on moving heavy things. It's hard to worry about your taxes or your job while you're pushing a significant portion of your body weight away from your face. That gives you a break from the things that chronically stress you out, by replacing it with a transient acute stress. That will definitely help your overall stress levels decrease. Plus improving your mood, your aesthetics, and your health all work together to give you more tools to improve your life outlook with.
SemanticStrengh 4y ago
yes it is a long acting nootropic altough the effect while real is not acutely perceivable much.
cossatot 4y ago
Although I didn't read the article, from my personal experience, weightlifting during the week helps me focus, and in a way that cardio does not. In weeks in which I lift 2-3 days, at the moderate level that I do (say 45 min of using free weights and body weight lifts at a medium pace, nothing extreme), I'm much less fidgety than weeks where I'm not able to lift, but my brain is still sharp. This is in contrast to biking or rowing at a moderate pace (pusing myself and getting pretty sweaty but not collapsing or wanting to barf) for an hour once or twice a week. If I do this, I am still less fidgety but I feel more mentally fatigued later on the day, and sometimes the morning after, I exercise. I attribute this to nutrition/glucose levels and hydration, but even drinking a ton of water and snacking won't fully ameliorate the issues. The same thing happens after a weekend of playing hard, like kayaking one day and hiking with my daughter in my backpack the next day. I'm often pretty unproductive on Monday (oh well... ;) What works best for me is moderate weight lifting followed by like 30 min of moderate rowing or biking, twice during the work week. Although I might feel a bit more depleted after rowing than not, my overall energy level is higher than if I skip the cardio, and I recover more quickly from my weekend activities.

Can someone please explain how weighlifting figures into this ? It is rated ahead of Ritalin .. so does that imply lifting heavy weights will improve focus during doing non-physical tasks?

starkd 4y ago

I think any kind of vigorous excercise does this.

BizarroLand 4y ago
Any activity that is completely divorced from your extant life stressors and that requires all of your focus for a limited time frame would probably also qualify. Weightlifting requires focusing on moving heavy things. It's hard to worry about your taxes or your job while you're pushing a significant portion of your body weight away from your face. That gives you a break from the things that chronically stress you out, by replacing it with a transient acute stress. That will definitely help your overall stress levels decrease. Plus improving your mood, your aesthetics, and your health all work together to give you more tools to improve your life outlook with.

SemanticStrengh 4y ago

yes it is a long acting nootropic altough the effect while real is not acutely perceivable much.

cossatot 4y ago

Although I didn't read the article, from my personal experience, weightlifting during the week helps me focus, and in a way that cardio does not. In weeks in which I lift 2-3 days, at the moderate level that I do (say 45 min of using free weights and body weight lifts at a medium pace, nothing extreme), I'm much less fidgety than weeks where I'm not able to lift, but my brain is still sharp. This is in contrast to biking or rowing at a moderate pace (pusing myself and getting pretty sweaty but not collapsing or wanting to barf) for an hour once or twice a week. If I do this, I am still less fidgety but I feel more mentally fatigued later on the day, and sometimes the morning after, I exercise. I attribute this to nutrition/glucose levels and hydration, but even drinking a ton of water and snacking won't fully ameliorate the issues. The same thing happens after a weekend of playing hard, like kayaking one day and hiking with my daughter in my backpack the next day. I'm often pretty unproductive on Monday (oh well... ;) What works best for me is moderate weight lifting followed by like 30 min of moderate rowing or biking, twice during the work week. Although I might feel a bit more depleted after rowing than not, my overall energy level is higher than if I skip the cardio, and I recover more quickly from my weekend activities.