Trackers don’t stop slackers. If they create a sense of discovery that enhances the experience of being you, wonderful. If they reinforce the notion that you’re never doing “enough” then they suck. It all depends on you.
Wear Something Out
Get out there and just wear something out this year! Hiking boots, ice skates, bike tires, walking shoes…pick something in your life that needs to get worn out and get moving.
If Every Little Bit Helps
A few short bouts of vigorous activity can lower all-cause mortality. However, whenever, how long you get active needs to be celebrated, regardless of duration.
It’s ALL Mind-Body Fitness (thanks to myokines)
Myokines from your muscles communicate and control many reactions from your brain affecting mood, emotion, and cognition. Mind-body fitness is an irrelevant term. It’s ALL mind-body fitness.
Squid Game Volleyball
Squid Game Volleyball. How some fun with my step-daughter got me thinking about the many problems with official physical activity guidelines.
Sometimes Less is Still a Lot
More is more, but less is still a lot. Especially when it comes to decreasing risk of dementia from physical activity. Here’s to you, underachievers!
Gold Medal for Enjoyment
Two brief sections to this post: the conceptual part and the neurobics (practical) part. Conceptual: Norway won the most gold medals at the Olympics. Again. Buried deep in the Olympics coverage was a story about how Norway often wins the most medals at the winter Olympics because they don’t worry about success. There’s a cultural […]
Enhanced Walking
Never “just” walk again. Walking is good. Make it better for brain health. Here are some ideas for how to make walking more fun and enjoyable.
Take 3 Months Not Off
Alzheimer’s doesn’t come out of nowhere – it comes out of everywhere. I had to go on hiatus from this blog to work on a big brain fitness and Alzheimer’s project that is coming soon.
Action Required
Tired of [ACTION REQUIRED] e-mails? Me too, until I learned to do something physical every time I get one of these.