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Movement-for-the-Brain Guide
The type, intensity, and amount of movement most linked to cognitive benefits — and a realistic way to build up to it.
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Why Movement Matters for Your Brain
Of everything researchers have studied in relation to healthy cognitive aging, physical activity has some of the most consistent evidence behind it. Regular moderate-intensity aerobic activity is associated with better blood flow and glucose metabolism in the brain [2], and in a well-known randomized trial, older adults who walked briskly several times a week for a year saw their hippocampus — the brain region most tied to memory — grow slightly in volume, while a comparison group's hippocampus shrank [7]. Strength training has its own separate line of evidence: a recent review of resistance-training studies found moderate-intensity strength work consistently associated with better working memory, processing speed, and executive function in older adults [9]. The takeaway isn't that you need to become an athlete — it's that consistent, moderate movement is one of the most well-supported things you can do for your brain, starting from wherever you are now.
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