Just how resistance training initiates changes in cognition remains somewhat mysterious. Ms. Liu-Ambrose said that “we now know that resistance training has significant benefits on cardiovascular health” and reduces “cardiovascular risk factors,” which otherwise would raise “one’s risk of cognitive impairment.” She speculates that resistance training, by strengthening the heart, improves blood flow to the brain generally, which is associated with better cognitive function. Perhaps almost as important, she added, resistance training at first requires an upsurge in brain usage. You have to think about “proper form and learning the technique,” she said, “while there generally is less learning involved in aerobic training,” like running.
The brain benefits from being used, so that, in a neat circle, resistance training may both demand and create additional brain circuitry. Imagine what someone like Einstein might have accomplished if he had occasionally gone to the gym.
-Phys Ed: Brains and Brawn by
Gretchen Reynoldssome genius bitch.
Well, well, well… looks like the tide is finally continuing to turn in our favor. Every nerd who ever justified their lack of a varsity high school football letter jacket by saying, “well those dumb jocks will be pumping my gas one day,” can bag my fucking groceries. I’d like to pretend that, up until this article, life was shitty because people just thought I was some dumb jock, but let’s be honest, i’m huge.
I’ve been saying from the beginning that as a people, us meatheads are smarter than we appear, but this research proves it. Now you know i’m not full of shit when I say that we are geniusii (the proper, latin plural of ‘genius’).
The great philosophizer Plato once said something like, “a virtuous soul, is not complete without strong body. And a strong body gets chicks.”
And our 3th President Thomas Jefferson once said, “A strong body makes the mind strong.” That is actually a real quote too. Aight enough of this edutainment. Time to get to work.
Now that there is scientific proof that bigger, stronger people are now bigger, stronger, and smarter people - it is time for The Beef to take over the country like President Camacho:
-Tony “Two Scoops” Muscoli
