First, exercise improves brain nutrition and brain efficiency.
Now more and more medical research has confirmed that when we exercise, at least three beneficial changes will take place in our brain:
1, the brain will get more oxygen and blood supply than usual. Because the brain is essentially an organ that consumes a lot of energy and oxygen, it can increase the oxygen supply and blood supply of the brain.
Secondly, exercise can stimulate the brain to secrete a neurotrophic factor called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). This nutritional factor can help neurons grow and regenerate.
Thirdly, exercise can stimulate the release of neurotransmitters.
Therefore, the brain is directly nourished during exercise, and exercise requires more neurons and neurotransmitters to participate. The transmission of neurotransmitters is like lighting a lamp on a beacon. If there are enough fires, the transmission efficiency will be higher. After exercise, a large number of neurotransmitters are released and the brain becomes better and better. After exercise, whether it is mental work or manual work, the efficiency will be improved.
Second, exercise can promote brain health from many angles.
Exercise can stimulate the release of serotonin in our brain. Serotonin is a happy hormone, which can make us feel happier, so we often feel very happy and more confident during exercise.
Exercise can strengthen the progress of our cerebellum, because the cerebellum is the most important brain area to manage the coordination of body movement. Exercise can effectively improve the function of cerebellum and improve the coordination ability of the whole body.
Exercise can stimulate the release of neurotrophic substances in our brain, promote the repair and regeneration of brain cells, and make your brain younger. Prevent brain aging and promote brain metabolism.
Third, these exercises are better for the brain.
Almost all sports can exercise the brain. As long as we move, it is better than not moving. However, in order to achieve better results, we need to choose some sports strategically. There are three main types of sports:
The first kind of aerobic exercise. Can greatly improve the body's cardiopulmonary ability, improve the blood supply and oxygen supply to the brain, promote the discharge of toxic substances, and promote metabolism. Common aerobic sports such as swimming, walking, brisk walking, jogging, cycling, martial arts Tai Chi Taekwondo, fitness dance in dance, square dance, ballroom dance, disco, yoga, skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, and ball games such as basketball, badminton, tennis, table tennis and shuttlecock.
The second resistance movement. Resistance sports such as weightlifting, push-ups, dumbbells and barbells. Can enhance physical fitness, develop muscles, improve body metabolism, and is of great benefit to slimming.
The third kind of flexible exercise. Including yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong and Baduanjin, can exercise the flexibility and balance of the body.
All the above items can be our chosen exercise, which will make our brains more nutritious, more energetic and make us happier.
Fourth, long-term sports activists.
Exercise lies in persistence. "Living water is precious in flowing, and life is precious in sports". Let's get rid of interference and laziness and become sports practitioners and enthusiasts through the following methods.
1, find a powerful motive force for exercise: pay attention to the health of our bodies and lives, and keep ourselves full of energy and quick-thinking and smart brains.
2, be prepared for long-term exercise. According to your hobbies, living habits, surrounding environment and other factors, choose your own convenient and favorite sports. Only when it is convenient, we like sports, and it is possible to persist in sports, and it is very easy to persist.
3. Step by step and do what you can. Gradually increase the amount of exercise and sports events, and get the motivation for continuous exercise from the accumulated small gains.
4. The sports goal is "keep pace with yourself" and can be diversified. Choose one or more of your favorite sports methods to make sports colorful and more fun.
5. Join a WeChat fitness circle of friends, punch cards every day, and urge each other to communicate with friends. Playing together is more team spirit and double-team strength.
5. Exercise keeps the brain young forever.
Exercise can improve brain nutrition and brain efficiency. Exercise can promote brain health from many angles. Exercise is one of the keys to keep your brain healthy.
French thinker Voltaire put forward that "life lies in movement". Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor, also said: "Sunshine, air, water and exercise are the sources of life and health."
As long as we persist in sports and become sports lovers, the brain will add luster to our health and life!