Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

news.mit.edu

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 103 posts

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#21

Post by evilduck »

lm28469 wrote: post #10
kossae wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably not the best delivery, but perhaps use of anabolic steroids in bodybuilding could have a counteracting detrimental effect to the brain ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632231... ).

What percentage of people going to the gym takes steroids ?

I don’t agree about bodybuilders being stupid, but going to the gym and being a bodybuilder are not one and the same. They just happen to occupy the same spaces.

And in bodybuilding, unless someone is specifically a natty/natural bodybuilding competitor the answer is pretty much “all of them have been on gear at some point in time”. For other gym-goers, the answer is, nobody knows unless they tell you and since steroids are very illegal, people don’t tend to shout it from the rooftops.

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#23

Post by snarg »

giuliomagnifico wrote: post #4
kleiba wrote: post #2

[flagged]

Haha, we should coding with one hand and lift weights with the other :)

You jest, but when i was in school, i used to do pushups, situps, planks, curls, etc. while studying. It helped quite a lot with data retention.

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#25

Post by charliebwrites »

almost_usual wrote: post #22

Two things that will improve mental clarity and sleep. Not drinking alcohol and strength training.

And good sleep will increase mental clarity and strength training

And not drinking alcohol will improve good sleep and strength training

They all impact each other!

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#26

Post by tayo42 »

huehehue wrote: post #20
lm28469 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What percentage of people going to the gym takes steroids ?

In the US, between 15% - 30% according to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1484557/ I would guess this number is higher today

If testerone counts then probably. Feels like everyone wants to be on trt in my hobby circle (bjj)

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#27

Post by JusticeJuice »

FartyMcFarter wrote: post #5

Muscles need neurons to control them, so it makes sense that some feedback loop would exist. I remember reading about similar feedback loops between muscle growth and bone density (as you get stronger, bones benefit from being resilient to higher loads). As I understand it, the kinetic chain goes nervous system -> muscles -> tendons -> bones. It would make sense for all of these to make each other stronger in some wa…

Don't forget cartilage. Regular cyclical loads trigger cartilage growth.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNBjKJ9hxQ

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#28

Post by kombine »

almost_usual wrote: post #22

Two things that will improve mental clarity and sleep. Not drinking alcohol and strength training.

I've had a lot of fights about this with my girlfriend. We both work in academia and regularly go to the gym, but she insists to have a drink every now and then, which she says helps her take an edge off work stress. She also scolds me some times when I want to go to bed before 10pm, saying this is too restrictive and less fun. We ended up breaking up last week - not exclusively because of this, but these incompatibilities definitely contributed to the decision.

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#29

Post by myth_drannon »

tsunamifury wrote: post #17

A brisk one our walk or hill climb of a few lifts of a 10-15lb weight weight set does wonders for reducing anxiety, stopping stiffness and soreness, getting the brain thinking. The whole body is a thinking system with nerves and muscles that need feedback to work as well.

How much of it is just reduced CO2 from being in the open air vs sitting in a stuffy office?

Re: When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

#30

Post by bedobi »

almost_usual wrote: post #22

Two things that will improve mental clarity and sleep. Not drinking alcohol and strength training.

Took me three times to parse what you wrote, I thought you were saying Not strength training improves mental clarity and sleep lol
Post reply on HN