forced exercise doesn’t do the trick
experiments with lab rats suggest that forced exercise doesn’t do the trick quite like voluntary exercise.
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pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes
It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.
the point of exercise
the point of exercise is to build and condition the brain.
Those who only imagined doing the exercise
At the end of the study the subjects who had done physical exercise increased their muscular strength by 30 percent, as one might expect. Those who only imagined doing the exercise, for the same period, increased their muscle strength by 22 percent.
The connections between the stress response, inflammation, and exercise
On running, fitness and the narrative of sadness
on why do we associate “sadness” with certain feelings
First 1km
Spark
being conscious: self-quantifying & positive reinforcement
When I made the decision to walk to the public pool swim 10 laps on a lazy Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong a few months ago, I knew there was this tiny…