Bench press for your brain

We all understand what happens to our bodies age.

Without intervention (an exercise / activity program), we know that takes our muscles waste, our lung capacity, our heart is weakened, our brittle bones to reduce our flexibility and mobility, slow down our response time suffers from our position, we move slowly and we're more susceptible to disease and injury.
Unless we happen to run a natural active lifestyle (one where you regularly consume a lot of energy to live,move, lift, stress your body ... consistently do a physical).

I have spoken before on this site about a concept called biological age (also known as physiological age) and found that by controlling certain variables (diet, lifestyle, exercise, stress), can fully reverse the Our internal clock. Although we are fifty (in chronological order) you can "build" our own body corresponds to that of a typical thirty (related to cardiovascular function,Strength, bone density, blood pressure, flexibility).

If you punish your body for fifty years, is another story, of course ... but at least you can turn back the clock too little and see a marked improvement of health, physical function and general wellbeing.

What's on (usually) with a large percentage of population that we reach a point in time, if we simply stop moving so much. We keep running, lifting, hammering, climbing, cleaning, working ....physical things. And once this happens, our body begins to age at a faster pace. It 'difficult to quantify (the rate of aging), as it varies from person to person ... But let's just go with ... a rate much higher.
(Like our colleagues on).

For many people, where the pension-start-the-end will be renamed, stop just about everything to keep fit (I speak from a health point of view and not a function here ... unbelievable viewPerspective).
I am not suggesting that all the work up to ninety-five ... But for some people the day of the retreat agenda was to stop them with their minds and their bodies (significantly).
The day they start to deteriorate.
Ironically, if you know how excited most people keep to this day.

And while it is common and "normal structure for some of us to train our body in an effort to stay physically young, surprisingly, most of us are not aware of similarwhen it comes to our mind to stay in shape (ie, deliberately 'perception' of our mind as we do our body).

Interestingly, if we consider these two facts:

1) People generally slower than that age mentally .... loss of short-term memory (where are my keys?), process information more slowly, have difficulty concentrating and more easily confused, vague, and tend to be less creative and less adventurous.

2) You do not have! Several studies (and simple observation) tellus that our mind, like any other muscle (okay, not a muscle, but you get my point) should be trained to stay in shape. Without people with special medical conditions, is that people who remain mentally active as you age typically have little (or not) their level of deterioration in brain function.

Once we no longer use ... We begin to lose.

The good news is that our brain (like our body) is able to adapt and grow considerably ("muscle"), at any age. We can(To an extent) undo some (if not most of the damage) of.

It 'good to be physically fit, but what is the point four percent body fat, biceps Olympic veins and veins, if we have a mind like a Dalmatian?
So, after two hundred years of helping people reach physically fit, here are my suggestions for developing and maintaining a high performance mind.

First objective.

When we stop defining the objectives of the moment is starting to go back. Without goals you do notto think, plan, streamline, to solve problems or create (much).

According to laughter.

It is not illegal, laugh, be silly or have fun as you age. Although some grumpy old farts put me to work on this ... wrong.
"Pull my finger ... Hey Johnnie."
(So young).

Third Games.

"Do not stop playing because they get older, you grow old because we play to stop."

Two of my favorite people worldwide are (almost) seventy-two years young, skiing, mountainBicycles up and down sand dunes, lifting weights, traveling, helping others to run, play pranks and hanging with "stupid" young people.

Fourth Studio.

No need to go to college and your promotion. (Even if you can), but perhaps find short courses, workshops ... something to turn off the cob webs and brain get rusty gears turning again.
Most people stop (consciously) learning, when they finished school.

Sin.

My personal (Rona) is fifty-two. Youstarted university (for the first time) last year. She graduated with her degree (in Exercise Science), when fifty-four and it has already said he wants to continue studying once they complete their current course. The other day I said .. "It 's the best I've ever done in my life ...!"
(Condolences to the husband).

Fifth Learning a new language.

Research tells us that people who speak two languages (regularly), age (mentally) than a slower pacetheir uni-lingual (made it ... I think) friends. They stay in shape (mentally) for more information ... There are also delayed the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Well, if you speak three languages ...

Sixth Express yourself creatively.

Write something ... a book, some poetry, a business plan, start your own blog.
Draw, paint, shapes, ... My father began to paint .. sixty-five and is a wonderful professional artists.
Inventing something ... many of the best inventors are crusty old men .... C'mon overYou crusty old guys ... invent something!

Seventh Read more.

And not just love stories ... Reading does things that use your brain ... The challenges that a bit '. Do you remember right, exercise your brain.

8th Consciously try and remember stuff.

And 'there .. You need only dust off.
Find your old school pictures and names of all your classmates.
Try to Remember (and replay in your mind) moments in time.
Her first friend, neighbor,Brother ... Name (what you kissed).

Do ninth bit 'of mental training.

Crossword Puzzle - fun and good for the brain.
Puzzle ... problem-solving stuff ... to force yourself to think, reason, calculate.
If you have time is the best time to brain-train ... By car, train, bus, waiting .. math problems have words to write, and try to remember specific information ... hmm, what does DNA stand for again?
What is the capital of Poland?

See 10tha project.

Something to make you think, communicate, planning, problem solving, memory ... In general, the bench press for your brain.
It could be your landscaping property, starting a not-for-profit, construction of a small business for the reconstruction of the '56 Buick, climb Everest ... whatever it is that keeps you stimulated, learning, adaptation, growth and mentally fit.

Now, what was my first girlfriend's favorite color and what was the smell which has alwayswearing?

Wait a minute ... What was his name!