You can work out your brain with weights?

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Posted by zchelle

Yeah, its true. According to reader's digest that your sense of balance in one sign of brain strength, and you can use free weights to develop better balance. Try this: Stand on one leg and close your eyes. The longer you can stand without falling, the better (20 seconds is very good if you are 45 or older). Working out with dumbells develops your proprioception, the complex action of body orientation that helps you balance and stimulates neural pathways. Weight machines don't have the same effect because the weights are attached to a foxed suraface, so you don't develop your balancing abilities as you lift them.