Royane Real
Clear Your Mind With Exercise
By Royane Real
Did you know that exercise can be a great brain booster when your brain gets stuck or foggy?
Have you ever have times when you feel frustrated with your brain? Times when you need some sort of creative break-through in your thinking habits, but you just can't get your stodgy old brain to do what you want it to do? When you just keep mulling things over in your head and going around in circles?
The next time you need to come up with some fresh angles to a problem, instead of studying harder and worrying more, why not give your brain an exercise break? Here's a way to clear the cobwebs from your mind.
Get up, get out and go for a walk. Or stretch and jump up and down for a few minutes. Yell or sing if you want to. Take a five minute break and when you go back to the problem that you’re working on, chances are that you’ll feel renewed vigor and a fresh outlook.
Why does an exercise break help jump start your brain? One reason is that by getting up and doing something different, your brain can refocus. When you come back to the same problem, you may see new solutions.
By making the time to physically exercise, you’ll get more oxygenated blood flowing into those tiny little capillaries that nourish your brain cells.
It’s not just idle speculation and anecdotal evidence that says physical exercise helps your brain think and perform better. More and more clinical evidence is piling up from human and animal studies that show the brain gets a short term boost and a long term boost when physical exercise is part of your regular routine.
Besides helping to get more oxygen into your bloodstream, exercise is also a great stress releaser, and stress is one of the more common reasons why your brain might not be working at maximum efficiency.
( The above introductory comments were written by Royane Real, author of “How You Can Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster, Remember Better and Be More Creative” You can get it at http://www.lulu.com/real )
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