The best exercise to improve brain function
the answer to that is that we know the most about aerobic exercise that is exercised it increases your heart rate we know the most about the positive effects of that there's a little bit of evidence that strength training can also be positive but there's not as much evidence there how much you have to do it's somewhere between walking which I should say walking alone will improve your mood as well and you don't have to become a triathlete it's going to be something like three times to four times a week getting your aerobic activity up but I will qualify that by face but it really depends where you start from it's not like if you have no activity at all that you suddenly have to increase to three times a week immediately if you get those effects or if you already have a good exercise routine you might have to increase that even more to get the maximum benefits the other key question what time of day is critical early morning first thing in the morning exercise is beneficial because it is increasing all those neurotransmitters all those growth factors at a time right before you need to use your brain to learn and remember so contrast that with end of the day exercise you can still benefit from that but you're not required to use your brain most of us after we go home after a workout so my recommendation is always to maximize the effects of exercise for your daily cognitive functions do it first thing in the morning
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