Comments on: Excercise and Cognitive Performance http://www.productivity501.com/excercise-and-cognitive-performance/2838/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlyhttp://www.productivity501.com/excercise-and-cognitive-performance/2838/comment-page-1/#comment-105566 Charly Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:18:26 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2838#comment-105566 This is great! Having recently started my own home-based business on the computer, I find myself challenged to get enough exercise throughout the day. This will inspire me. Thanks. This is great! Having recently started my own home-based business on the computer, I find myself challenged to get enough exercise throughout the day. This will inspire me.

Thanks.

]]> By: Dmitri Eroshenkohttp://www.productivity501.com/excercise-and-cognitive-performance/2838/comment-page-1/#comment-104994 Dmitri Eroshenko Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:53:26 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2838#comment-104994 Exercise can be a form of moving meditation. In martial arts much emphasis is placed on mind-numbing repetition. Your mind enters a blissful state "between the thoughts," you connect with your spirit, and all the good things happen, including increased cognitive ability. Seeing as stress is a state of low-grade "fight or flight" reaction, one of the effects of which is increased level of adrenaline and other hormones. Exercise gets them out of your system. If you don't exercise, they will keep your body in the state of readiness, causing all sorts of damage. Good and timely article, Mark. It is unfortunate that productivity is almost always taken out of the context of our physical bodies. Exercise can be a form of moving meditation. In martial arts much emphasis is placed on mind-numbing repetition. Your mind enters a blissful state “between the thoughts,” you connect with your spirit, and all the good things happen, including increased cognitive ability.

Seeing as stress is a state of low-grade “fight or flight” reaction, one of the effects of which is increased level of adrenaline and other hormones. Exercise gets them out of your system. If you don’t exercise, they will keep your body in the state of readiness, causing all sorts of damage.

Good and timely article, Mark. It is unfortunate that productivity is almost always taken out of the context of our physical bodies.

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