Lifting Weights Impacts Your Brain
We have all heard of the studies surrounding the functioning of the brain and heart of cardio and healthier, but less information can be found in the effects of resistance training on brain function. As more people are encouraged to add weight lifting routines in their weekly gym, the question of how they affect the strength training and conditioning of the brain becomes more relevant.
Although there is a lack of research on the subject, two studies examined the effects of weight training and the benefits it has on your brain. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, looked weightlifting has affected the development of holes or injuries related to age in the white matter of the brain, which is the material that connects and transmits messages between different brain regions.
Naturally, these lesions develop with age and eventually the deterioration of the material may affect the memory. The study used three groups to test the effect of exercise particularly weight training injuries. Participants were divided into three groups the first group followed a program once light week for higher education and a lower body weight. The second group did the same, but have completed the program twice a week. The last group, which acts as a control, stretching and balance exercises. All participants have been doing this for a year.
In the study, the control group and participants who raised once a week showed a significant increase in the number of lesions in the white matter, which in turn lead to sustained brain and memory function. According to an article in the New York Times, the study suggests that weight lifting can have a positive impact on brain function, but according to Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, "a minimum exercise threshold to achieve."
Therefore, not only matter if you are working and lifting the amount you raise questions too. Another study, conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, found a rise and brain function similar relationship.
For the research, participants were responsible for remembering images. One group did this after emergence, while the other group will not increase until the memory business. According to the study, the first day in the lab, participants were shown 90 pictures before exercising. Next, study participants performed a leg workout.
This study shows an observable connection to memory and brain function. While there is no comprehensive research on the topic, studies show a relationship between brain health and weight lifting. The key, however, is the quality and quantity of weightlifting, and the ability of participants to maintain a weight lifting schedule, even as they age.