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Your exercise dey good for your brain?

One normal week. Small perspective. One realistic next step.

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How one normal week dey look?

For adults wey don reach 18 years and older. Enter total for the week, and count each minute once. Put cardio wey you do for gym under running/cycling. Count strength minutes separately.

Walking

Running / cycling / other cardio

Gym / strength

Sports / dance

Light: you fit talk easily. Moderate: you fit talk, but you no fit sing. Vigorous: you fit talk only few words before you need breath.

If you get health condition, talk to health professional about routine wey fit you.

Different ways to move

Aerobic exercise: trials with older adults don report some changes to memory and brain structure. Findings dey differ, and e no clear say everybody go get better thinking.

Erickson et al. (2011)

Strength training: some trials with older adults report small improvement for selected thinking skills. Other measures show small change; this no guarantee say you go notice benefit.

Liu-Ambrose et al. (2010)

Coordination: one small trial with older adults study balance and complex movement, and find changes for selected thinking tasks. E get promise but evidence limited; e no rank sports.

Voelcker-Rehage et al. (2011)

Most of this evidence come from older adults. Effect on particular tests no mean say exercise make you smarter. Choose movement for general health and enjoyment; any thinking benefit na possible extra.

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