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Running rewires your brain cells—igniting memory-saving genes against alzheimer’s
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TL;DR: Fucking exercise, bro. So good. Am I right?
I think the important part overall is cardio. You need to elevate your heart rate for sustained periods of time. Lifting weights is better than not, but your brain benefits from the increased and improved blood flow "to clean out the garbage" (much like quality sleep).
My anxiety attacks elevate my heart rate daily. Does that count?
Actually, it probably does. But the negative effects of anxiety probably outweigh it.
It actually increases the risk of dementia: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7355582/
Have you tried daily exercise, mindfulness, and anxiety-reducing supplements?
Have you tried not having ADHD?
Lol. I feel ya!
is heartrate the deciding factor here? if so, my gooning sessions and horror games achieve that just as well
the problem is just elevating your heartrate without exercise your body won't dilate your blood vessels to accommodate the faster blood traffic. This makes for lots more collisions between the blood cells and the intersections where blood vessels diverge, causing low grade damage to the system that builds up over time.
When your muscles activate with your heart the blood vessels all dilate and the blood pumps much smoother.
amateur
No. Exercise SUCKS.
Gotta do it, but in 65 years I have yet to find any exercise "good" or "fun" or "enjoyable" or "invigorating."
When I force myself to do my workout it's walking at 135 steps/minute, 8% incline, and when I check my heart rate at the end of the 35 minutes it takes to do 3k, (I'm short with short legs) it's about 145. Running is not an option.
It leaves me dripping with sweat and in a bad mood. I only do it because I have to. So don't give me that shit.
So I'm a relatively young and healthy person. Im lucky enough to live in a city with an extensive parks system, and go hiking very regularly.
I find that it's fun, enjoyable and invigorating because I'm outside, and there are things to see. As a result, the fact that it's exercise becomes secondary.
How are you excercising? Because if it's going to a gym, or walking on a machine... Yeah I'd be miserable too.
Then don't "exercise". At least not formal workouts.
One "life hack" for people who hate working out is simply to do more things manually.
Errands? Walk or bike.
Hungry? Prepare the meal from scratch.
Laundry? Try handwashing.
The idea is to move, and if possible, move enough to elevate your heartrate. Add resistance whenever possible.
Of course, this is the bare minimum you can do for yourself. Doing more will bring greater benefits, but anything is better than just sitting in a car, at a desk, in front of a TV.
And the more you do with consistency, the easier things get, and your body won't feel run down doing basic things.
Always has been. Now imma sit here and not do any.