The Benefits of Exercise – Exercise can reduce your risk of chronic disease
Lack of regular physical activity has been deemed to be on of the lead causes of chronic disease. Conversely, regular physical activity as been associated with a reduction in the risk of heart attack, lower blood cholesterol levels, lower risks of type 2 diabetes, lower risk of some cancers, prevention of stroke, and prevention or high blood pressure.
ABC…D - Dispute - How to dispute those pessimistic thoughts
Over the last few weeks we have looked at the ABCDs of pessimistic thoughts.
With the two Ds being
Distraction and disputation.
Today we’ll look further into how to dispute your pessimistic explanations.
There are four tacks to dispute these. Evidence? Alternatives? Implications? Usefulness?
The Rotator Cuff Muscles - Holding Your Shoulder Together (Subscapularis)
The shoulder is one of most mobile joints but this also makes it unstable. The rotator cuff muscles hold the shoulder together. They stabilise and enable movement of our shoulders but can sometimes become unbalanced. Here are some mobility, self-massage and yoga exercises that can help.
How we Learn - What wires together, fires together.
But memories need to be created somehow? We need to make memories. How do we do this? This week we will look into conditioning and, in particular, classical conditioning. This is a process where we end up pairing a repose from on stimulus with another
The Benefits of Exercise – Exercise can reduce your stress
So while we are often told to exercise to help us maintain a healthy weight, get stronger and feel better, we seldom get told to exercise to improve our memory. However, through increased blood flow, increase in neurotrophins and genetic changes, exercise can help grow our brains and improve our memory.