2. Exercise & Brain Benefits
Your brain learns and grows by interacting with
the world through perception and action.
Exercise increases breathing and heart rate so more
blood flows to the brain, enhancing energy
production.
3. Exercise & Brain Benefits
Exercise increases levels of brain chemicals resulting in more fuel
for thinking!
4. Exercise & Brain Benefits
Exercise improves your ability to…
Focus
Plan
Multi-task
Memorize and Retain Information
5. Exercise & the Brain
!! PRACTICE !!
Let’s Do the TOE and GO!
Wiggling your toes activates nerves that stimulate your
brain and internal organs.
6. Exercise & Sleep….
Let’s Go to…..
Zzzzzzzzzland
Sleepyville
Snooze City
Exercise will get you there faster, stronger, better
and deeper…..
7. Exercise & Sleep
The Optimal Number of Sleep Hours….
Nine is Not Fine
Eight is Great
Seven won’t get you to Sleep Heaven
Six is Not the Fix
Five Produces a Dive
8. Exercise & Sleep
Oregon State University Zzzzzzzz Study…..
(From Health Magazine, 2011)
Main Conclusions -
• Exercise improves sleep indirectly by reducing stress, anxiety and depression
• Energy conservation hypothesis – Burn more calories through exercise thus
requiring your body to more efficiently use sleep to recover
• Exercise can modestly reduce body weight thus helping people sleep better
• Cooling down theory – Exercise helps the body effectively manage the cooling
down of its temperature during sleep resulting in deeper and longer sleep
9. Exercise & Everything Else
• Exercise controls weight
• Exercise combats health conditions and disease
• Exercise improves mood
• Exercise boosts energy
• Exercise promotes better sleep
• Exercise helps with the spark
• Exercise generates fun and can create connections
According to the Mayo Clinic
