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Interesting, however i'd lean towards muscle mass in general having this effect rather than thighs in particular. Although being at the lower end of the body might be important in maintaining goid circulation.
I imagine this is a factor, even if the development of all the muscles have proportionally the same effect.
Just started to read the book "Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School". It basically starts with this "For starters, we are not used to sitting at a desk for eight hours a day. From an evolutionary perspective, our brains developed while working out, walking as many as 12 miles a day. The brain still craves that experience, especially in sedentary populations like our own. Tha…
now, school scores aren't comparable, but I guess researchers can figure out a metric for brain fitness.
Just started to read the book "Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School". It basically starts with this "For starters, we are not used to sitting at a desk for eight hours a day. From an evolutionary perspective, our brains developed while working out, walking as many as 12 miles a day. The brain still craves that experience, especially in sedentary populations like our own. Tha…
I'm pretty sure the cause/effect is reversed here. It's more likely that people who are smart and have better focus/are less impulsive are more likely to take care of their health and exercise.
Just started to read the book "Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School". It basically starts with this "For starters, we are not used to sitting at a desk for eight hours a day. From an evolutionary perspective, our brains developed while working out, walking as many as 12 miles a day. The brain still craves that experience, especially in sedentary populations like our own. Tha…
> Exercisers outperform couch potatoes in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, and problem-solving tasks I'm pretty sure the cause/effect is reversed here. It's more likely that people who are smart and have better focus/are less impulsive are more likely to take care of their health and exercise.
Interesting, however i'd lean towards muscle mass in general having this effect rather than thighs in particular. Although being at the lower end of the body might be important in maintaining goid circulation.
Working out has systemic (anabolic) effects
I'd be interested to know more precisely whether the subjects were doing more aerobic or anaerobic exercises. My hunch, given my distant past life as an athlete, is that the correlation is with aerobic exercise and not anaerobic.
I'd be interested to know more precisely whether the subjects were doing more aerobic or anaerobic exercises. My hunch, given my distant past life as an athlete, is that the correlation is with aerobic exercise and not anaerobic.
I always think it's crazy to expect humans to function properly without exercise. We see the problems in all other animals when they become sedentary below the level that they would historically be expected to do. Yet somehow some people seem to think we are an exception to this rule.
having a Mercedes in the driveway might be associated with higher grades in high school ... but you're not going to magically raise your kid's grade by parking a mercedes in the driveway