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Fitness Tips For 1/23/2013
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Bodybuilding and the Brain
Immediate Physical Effects of Exercise on the Brain
Bodybuilding affects you both physically and mentally and anyone who
trains regularly will know that. Training your body gives you the
physique, confidence and sense of achievement and challenge that can
rub off and help you in every area of your life. However the link
between body and mind goes deeper than that, and working out will
also immediately affect both your brain chemistry and composition.
There are a myriad ways in which this happens. The best known affect
is probably the one known as the "runners high". Despite its name,
this phenomenon actually occurs in any type of athletic training and
comes from the secretion of extra endorphins during exercise. These
endorphins are designed to block pain and lift the mood so that if
we were placed under stress in the wild we'd be able to cope and
continue.
This means that working out can be a great way to lift your mood or
combat pain if you're going through a tough time and is a far more
affective method than using alcohol or antidepressants. It's also
the reason that many athletes become addicted to their sports, but
I can't find a negative aspect to becoming addicted to something
that keeps you fit and healthy.
Bodybuilding also changes your mood by increasing the production of
testosterone. Known as the male hormone, testosterone actually has
many benefits psychologically for both men and women and can improve
ambition, positivity, competitiveness and sex drive.
As well as affecting your mood however, bodybuilding also improves
your IQ, and a regular exercise has been shown to improve scores on
memory tests as well as tests of fluid intelligence. Until recently
it was thought that neurogenesis (the birth of new cells) was
impossible after we finished growing. However exercise has been
shown to stimulate the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus –
responsible for memory and learning tasks.
Bodybuilding also strengthens the neural networks in your brain
through repeated use, developing the mind body connection so
improving your motor cortex and special awareness. "Brain plasticity"
refers to the fact that our brains can change shape much like a
muscle. So get in the gym and start working that cranium!
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