Are You Ready For XX1C Fitness?

There are some interesting concepts that might quickly affect the way we look at major fitness areas:

· The market : Participation rate; "more people, more active, more time".

· Message : The benefits of active living throughout the life cycle (from young to old)

· Media : Optimal workout mix: Frequency, Intensity, Time + Type (FITT)

This new field of scientific discovery is called "Cognition or Brain Intelligence". Indeed, much has been learned about the brain over the last 10-15 years, from the amount of prior knowledge, and its importance may be widespread.

Train the Brain

Currently, attention in "brain training" is focused on older adults. No target group is more diverse in terms of psychological and physical function, and most profitable (by reducing activity-related age and non-compliance). The main concerns include alertness of the brain and memory.

Here's how exercise can directly contribute to brain health:

Exercises help generate new brain cells, even in the brain of old age .

With just two months of exercise there are more brain cells and higher levels of exercise are far more beneficial than lower amounts, though any exercise is better than none.

Starting an exercise program early in life is an effective way to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease in life.

At least three hours a week of fast walking has been shown to stop, and in turn, brain shrinks that begin in the 40s, especially in areas responsible for higher memory and cognition. Exercises increase gray matter volume (real neurons) and white matter (connections between neurons).

Exercise can break down neurological deterioration, and even release some normal age-related brain structures. Exercise improves learning through increased blood supply and growth hormone.

Exercise is anti-depressant by reducing stress and promoting neurogenesis. Exercises protect the brain from damage and illness, and accelerate recovery.

As we get older and may be less able to exercise, cognitive stimulation can help to balance. Beginning at any age can significantly improve memory function, but is most beneficial when young. Exercise and mental challenges in middle age - as many people begin to notice subtle memory changes - can offer the strongest, most widespread benefits to memory function.

Change from "use it or lose it" to "use it and fix it"

On the other hand, science has also found that "mental training" is the key to growing your nervous system and making it more communicative. This means you can change the physical makeup of your brain by training it. Every time we learn new skills, concepts or facts, we change the physical composition of our brain ("neuroplasticity").

The more "cognitively fit" you are, the better equipped you are to make decisions, solve problems, and deal with stress and change. Cognitive fitness helps you be more open to alternative perspectives.

Considering the alertness of the brain as a result of cognitive fitness, it can be seen that cognition (thinking + performance) is a set of skills that we can practice systematically. Effectively, we can nurture our own network of neurons.

Individuals who lead a mentally stimulating life, through education, employment and leisure activities, have reduced the risk of treating Alzheimer's symptoms. Studies suggest that they have 35-40% less risk of developing the disease.

Therefore, if expertise is developed through practice, the best practice is to repeat it with increasing difficulty. Maintaining brain fitness then requires a change from the usual and mostly automatic ones. It is a challenging and lifelong process to nurture new brain cells and neural networks. Our experiences literally shape our brains, and vice versa.

Given that wisdom strengthens with age (attention control is one of the last cognitive abilities to develop in normal brain development), cognitive fitness can change how people view aging and what it means to "grow old".

Although metal stimulation is a good thing, too much cannot be!

Studies show that neurons are affected by stress and lack of stimulation. Neurotoxins may be hindered in their ability to form new connection patterns and may lose synaptic connections. Decreases in the generation of new cells, due to chronic stress, affect the efficiency of the brain.

Therefore reducing stress, and stress hormones, in your system are important for your brain's fitness and overall well-being. Prolonged exposure to adrenal steroid hormones such as cortisol, released during the stress response, can damage the brain by inhibiting the formation of new neurons.

Older neurons can be renewed with learning and environmental stimuli, but while short-term stress can increase attention and memory, chronic stress indirectly leads to cell death and impedes our ability to make changes and is creative enough to think of possible changes to reduce stress.

Today's notice of how creativity is crushed and its many flaws? To treat yourself to this outbreak, regularly increase your personal energy through restorative ceremonies and brief breaks throughout your day.

Relaxation classes through meditation, tai chi, yoga, or other techniques can reduce blood pressure, slow breathing, slow metabolism, and release muscle tension.

Plus the human brain is a social brain. We were born in the social system, educated in the social system, and age in the social system. Classes and social-oriented networks can help build trust, support, and relaxation, which is important for both mental stimulation and stress reduction.

"It's never too late" and "it's not too early"

Cognitive fitness is not just about parents or memory. The race is now to discover mental and physical disciplines that can help executives keep their ability to lead despite growing demands on their time and energy.

People of all ages can benefit from a variety of regular brain exercises. Training our brain systematically is just as important as running our body (and the earlier we start the better life)! If you're still unsure of what your mind is about to create your body, ask any postural expert!

Additionally there is a ripple effect. Although attention is now directed to parents for memory and mental retardation and others, what is learned also has to do with depressed executives, addicted children, and mental illnesses.

"Currently more than 1 million people in the UK are receiving disabilities due to depression and stress causing them to be unable to work . "

Ironically, to maximize children's physical and mental agility through executives, the benefits can be overstated as the same individuals turn out to be "seniors" who function better than their "dogmatic" peers.

In conclusion, the smartest among you will recognize XX1C fitness as 21st Century Fitness, where body + bodybuilding really comes of age.

Maybe it represents a "code" to get more active people, through more interesting messages. 'Review' s:

The market : Brain fitness represents a friendly, gentle and health-oriented message to people of all ages, shapes and sizes. Value-based messages instead of physically oriented, all of which are equally ambitious.

Message : Work with the mind and body simultaneously (as one), in pursuit of skills, confidence, and independence to lead an active and fulfilling life.

Media : Emphasis on group training, "experience", concentration and concentration (mindful vs activity mindless); innovation and innovation; challenge, strengthen and develop the neural network.

Sign me up. How about you?

Are You Ready For XX1C Fitness?


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