Exercise improves your cognitive and memory abilities

There are numerous health benefits of exercise. It prevents chronic diseases like diabetes, maintains a healthy body weight, strengthens your heart, and protects muscle strength.

However, exercise also benefits the brain. Numerous studies have revealed that those who exercise have greater volumes in the brain regions responsible for thinking and memory than non-exercisers. One discovery is that a program of consistent, moderate-intensity exercise over a period of six months or a year is linked to an increase in the volume of particular brain regions.

By enhancing mood and sleep quality and lowering stress and anxiety, exercise can also indirectly improve memory and thinking. Cognitive impairment is often caused by or exacerbated by issues in these domains.

Which mental activity is more beneficial?
Which exercise is best for the health of the brain? Since nearly all of the study conducted to date has focused on walking as a form of exercise, we are unsure of the answer to this question. "However, it's possible that other vigorous aerobic exercises could provide comparable advantages," says Dr. Scott McGinnis, an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Tai chi may improve cognitive performance in older adults, particularly in executive function, which controls cognitive functions like verbal reasoning, working memory, planning, and attention, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. That could be because mastering the slow, deliberate movements of tai chi, a martial art, necessitates learning and internalizing new techniques and gauntlets.

How to optimize exercise's benefits for the brain
Like taking a prescription drug, Dr. McGinnis advises making exercise a habit. Set a goal to exercise for 150 minutes a week at a low intensity, like brisk walking. Begin with a little period of time each day and gradually extend it by five or ten minutes each week until you.

He also encourages you to be patient as you wait for the first results and to keep up your fitness regimen for life, as numerous studies have shown that it takes roughly six months to start experiencing the cognitive benefits of exercise.

Read the Harvard Medical School Special Health Report, "Workout Workbook," for more guidance and pointers on making the most of your workouts.

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