The Revolutionary Way to Save Your Brain — Spark by John J. Ratey
About Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
In Spark, author John Ratey discusses the scientific evidence behind the claim that exercise is the single most powerful tool you have to optimize your brain. From becoming a better student, to surviving menopause and PMS and old age, to overcoming addiction, depression, and anxiety, exercise can often work wonders for suffering humans. Perhaps you might be one of them?
Most Interesting Takeaways
- While you can’t learn in the middle of doing intense exercise, immediately afterward, you can improve your vocab memorization speed by 20%
- There are some people born genetically predisposed to not like exercise.
- Regular exercise is what kept the author’s mother alive and well into her late 80s. And all it took was speed walking.
In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education…
