Tired of [ACTION REQUIRED] e-mails? Me too, until I learned to do something physical every time I get one of these.
Summer Fun Your Way to Fitness
Put the *you* in the middle of “fun.” Keep yourself in the mindset of summer fun when pursuing summer fitness. Run…through the sprinklers. Keep fitness in the context of fun stuff and you will enjoy your summer workouts more and get more out of them.
Brain Games are NOT Enough
Sit still or take a pill? You bet I will. The reality of brain games cannot live up to the unrealistic expectations we put on them, but “moving brain games” can fulfill the promise of brain health.
Of Course You Don’t Have Enough Discipline
You don’t have enough discipline to stick with exercise because we make exercise so unappealing that it can overcome any amount of discipline you can muster.
Are You Unsafe Enough?
Are you unsafe enough? Take a walk, but don’t just walk. Make it weird. Make it fun. Make it do more for you. Do things the hard way and make life easier.
Have a Cognitive Time! (?)
“Have a sensational time!” No one ever says, “Have a cognitive time!” but perhaps we should start. Sensation-driven experiences (aka “living in the moment) is good sometimes, but part of the joy of life is having a sense of identity that comes from a meaning-driven experiences and a connection to your past and future.
Evidence from Scene of the Smiles
Research Doesn’t Show That Play is Fun! I have the Nerf gun bullets to prove it. While the future benefits of fitness on brain health are important to investigate, it is equally important to appreciate the sublime and subjective experience of a single social yet challenging fitness experience.
Sweet Spot of Stress
Zero stress is the wrong goal. Find the sweet spot of stress and feel engaged. On either side lie the dangers of boredom or burnout.
Brain built for wilderness, living in a metropolis
Too Much This; Too Little That. After sitting still all day, we are still somehow too tired to move. Our brains are built for the woods but we live in our ‘hoods.
It’s Against (Our) Nature
We need more connections to nature, not Wi-Fi. More connected fitness devices means less time exercising outside. This goes against our nature.