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Is it not well established that the single most beneficial activity to improve cognition & sense of wellbeing is weight training?

ramon156 11mo ago
Sure, but I wouldn't know why that is. All I know is that it makes me feel a hell of a lot better than if I were doing my (bed)->(office desk)->(desk at home) cycle every day. From what I read there are 1001 reasons why this helps, but a few that stuck with me was that working out creates norepinephrine (which influences your focus/attention), and releases BDNF which supports the growth of new braincells.
pseudalopex 11mo ago
Beneficial? Yes. The single most beneficial activity? I would not claim this without sources.
- nandomrumber 11mo ago
  Nothing is stopping you from looking it up. You can even perform the experiment yourself.
  - pseudalopex 11mo ago
    > Nothing is stopping you from looking it up. You made the claim. Supporting it is your burden. And a few searches found no comparisons of weight training to other high intensity exercise. Or meditation. Or puzzles. Or nootropics. > You can even perform the experiment yourself. Is this a funding offer? Or ignorance of experiment design?
    - nandomrumber 11mo ago
      I’m saying you can do each of those separately for six months, and you’ll probably find the resistance training to be the most beneficial. It will make your dick harder (or clitoris, whatever), your muscles bigger, your mind clearer, your sense of purpose more apparent. It will increase your bone density, and improve your sense of well being. Things that aren’t doing you any favours will tend to fall by the wayside. Failing that, asking people who’ve tried the resistance training / puzzles / nootropics / meditation experiment themselves is a low effort way of revealing a pattern. Imagine it’s 2025, there’s an obesity epidemic, and people still think they can sit around and do fuck all to get well.
      - pseudalopex 11mo ago
        You said I could look it up. Where could I look it up? > Imagine it’s 2025, there’s an obesity epidemic, and people still think they can sit around and do fuck all to get well. This was a straw man. I said weight training was beneficial. I named beneficial activities you did not. And the context was cognition and sense of well being. Not obesity. Many weight training advocates say cardio is more beneficial to lose weight. Taking drugs is the most effective activity to lose weight arguably. > I’m saying you can do each of those separately for six months, and you’ll probably find the resistance training to be the most beneficial. Probably was based on what? There are many nootropics. There are many forms of exercise. There are many other activities or substances to improve cognition or sense of well being. Someone could spend decades trying each 6 months. And there would be not much reason to do this if the most beneficial activity was well established. Many people who meditate would dispute 6 months would be adequate. > Failing that, asking people who’ve tried the resistance training / puzzles / nootropics / meditation experiment themselves is a low effort way of revealing a pattern. I know or knew many people who tried at least 1 of these. Few or none who tried all. Using this standard it is well established meditation is superior to weight training to improve sense of well being. Puzzles and strong cognition were correlated. But I suspect puzzles were not the cause.
  - array_key_first 11mo ago
    Performing an experiment yourself means literally nothing. You're just a dude, and your mental state is your mental state. Not all mental state. For people with certain conditions, like ADHD, the obvious best thing for 'brain fog' is not lifting weights. I'm sure it helps, but that's not top of the list. Also, lifting weights is just one type of exercise. A lot of studies are actually focused on exercise as a whole, and some only aerobic exercise. I'm sure lifting weights is great, but is it better than, say, running? I'm not convinced.

ramon156 11mo ago

Sure, but I wouldn't know why that is. All I know is that it makes me feel a hell of a lot better than if I were doing my (bed)->(office desk)->(desk at home) cycle every day. From what I read there are 1001 reasons why this helps, but a few that stuck with me was that working out creates norepinephrine (which influences your focus/attention), and releases BDNF which supports the growth of new braincells.

pseudalopex 11mo ago

Beneficial? Yes. The single most beneficial activity? I would not claim this without sources.

nandomrumber 11mo ago
Nothing is stopping you from looking it up. You can even perform the experiment yourself.
- pseudalopex 11mo ago
  > Nothing is stopping you from looking it up. You made the claim. Supporting it is your burden. And a few searches found no comparisons of weight training to other high intensity exercise. Or meditation. Or puzzles. Or nootropics. > You can even perform the experiment yourself. Is this a funding offer? Or ignorance of experiment design?
  - nandomrumber 11mo ago
    I’m saying you can do each of those separately for six months, and you’ll probably find the resistance training to be the most beneficial. It will make your dick harder (or clitoris, whatever), your muscles bigger, your mind clearer, your sense of purpose more apparent. It will increase your bone density, and improve your sense of well being. Things that aren’t doing you any favours will tend to fall by the wayside. Failing that, asking people who’ve tried the resistance training / puzzles / nootropics / meditation experiment themselves is a low effort way of revealing a pattern. Imagine it’s 2025, there’s an obesity epidemic, and people still think they can sit around and do fuck all to get well.
    - pseudalopex 11mo ago
      You said I could look it up. Where could I look it up? > Imagine it’s 2025, there’s an obesity epidemic, and people still think they can sit around and do fuck all to get well. This was a straw man. I said weight training was beneficial. I named beneficial activities you did not. And the context was cognition and sense of well being. Not obesity. Many weight training advocates say cardio is more beneficial to lose weight. Taking drugs is the most effective activity to lose weight arguably. > I’m saying you can do each of those separately for six months, and you’ll probably find the resistance training to be the most beneficial. Probably was based on what? There are many nootropics. There are many forms of exercise. There are many other activities or substances to improve cognition or sense of well being. Someone could spend decades trying each 6 months. And there would be not much reason to do this if the most beneficial activity was well established. Many people who meditate would dispute 6 months would be adequate. > Failing that, asking people who’ve tried the resistance training / puzzles / nootropics / meditation experiment themselves is a low effort way of revealing a pattern. I know or knew many people who tried at least 1 of these. Few or none who tried all. Using this standard it is well established meditation is superior to weight training to improve sense of well being. Puzzles and strong cognition were correlated. But I suspect puzzles were not the cause.
- array_key_first 11mo ago
  Performing an experiment yourself means literally nothing. You're just a dude, and your mental state is your mental state. Not all mental state. For people with certain conditions, like ADHD, the obvious best thing for 'brain fog' is not lifting weights. I'm sure it helps, but that's not top of the list. Also, lifting weights is just one type of exercise. A lot of studies are actually focused on exercise as a whole, and some only aerobic exercise. I'm sure lifting weights is great, but is it better than, say, running? I'm not convinced.