Thursday, January 22, 2015

Strength Training and Memory

Georgia Tech researchers say a 20 minute resistance workout may improve your memory. People who performed exercises with weighted legs could recall more images on a test two days later than those who hadn't worked out. Strength training releases cortisol and epinephrine, hormones that stimulate activity in a part of the brain that processes memories. Hey, sounds good to me.

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