Do You Know An Easy Way To Boost Your Brain Power?

March 6, 2009 by GiGi

Welcome back!

Yes, doing crossword puzzles and “mental games” can increase your brain power, but there’s another way to also boost your brain:

EXERCISE!

If you ever needed another good reason to exercise, I’ve got one for you:

Exercise makes your brain bigger.

Actually this isn’t entirely accurate. To be more specific, exercise was found to increase brain size slightly, but far more important, it increased “spatial reasoning.”

This is the ability to recognize patterns, remember phrases, numbers, and so-on. This was discovered by researchers at the Universities of Chicago and Pittsburgh.

It is also one of the most important factors to the prevention of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

From Jon Benson:

“My mom suffered with dementia the last ten years of her life. But unlike most dementia patients she was fully functional thanks to exercise. She drove and had a mind that was unbelievably sharp right up until an accident injured her beyond the ability to exercise.

After that, she mentally went downhill rapidly. Thankfully, she passed in peace… and she had ten wonderfully active years thanks to her willingness to take up weight training at the age of 71.

She eventually walked up to 3 miles per day and trained in the gym 3 days per week.

That kept her mind sharp, along with fish oil and N-Acetyl L Carnitine, a wonderful brain nutrient.”

Once again, we see the power of exercise. It increases the QUALITY of your life.

Quantity is no where near as important to me as quality.

The links at the bottom of this newsletter are to Jon’s books on exercise. Pick the one that appeals to you most and take action.

Your brain will thank you, as will the rest of your body.

One of the best ways to start exercising when you are over 40 is by using the routines covered in “Fit Over 40“.

This book profiles 53 different men and women, age 40 to 80, all sharing their workouts, nutrition plans, and mental empowerment techniques that help to boost your brain power.

It is a MUST-HAVE for anyone wanting to begin exercising or improve their level of fitness after the age of 40.

For a freee fat-burning course from Fit Over 40, go here –

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Comments

One Response to “Do You Know An Easy Way To Boost Your Brain Power?”

Martin Walker on March 7th, 2009 6:49 am

Great advice. We are only just learning how important it is to take care of our brains and regular exercise is key.

Mental exercise is important, too, though, and can help rebuild brain structures that have deteriorated. Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl’s study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April 2008) recorded increases in short term memory and mental agility (fluid intelligence) of more than 40% in less than 20 days with a specially designed working memory training task.

I was so impressed that I contacted the research team and developed a software program using the same method so that anyone can achieve these results. The software is perfect for improving focus and memory as well as mental sharpness.

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