Exercise makes you smarter Duh!

Turn the light on in your head exercise!

Most people exercise for weight loss or cardiovascular fitness. They seam like intelligent reasons to exercise, they must have come to that idea while exercising. Exercise is like Miracle Grow for the brain to quote Dr. John Medina, author of the book Brain Rules. Dr. Medina has 12 brain rules and exercise is rule number 1. He says the BDNF proteins created from exercise promote the growth. It is nice to have science back up what we can totally feel.

John Ratey MD. Another smart man named John wrote a book called Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. This book speaks to some of the same benefits as Brain Rules but adds more benefits. Spark talks about good effects of exercise on ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Wow it seams exercise can help about everything. Ok you can take a quick break from reading to do a couple of jumping jacks.

Next make sure your school districts do not take away gym classes and recess. It would be great to push for a 5 minute cardio workout for the kids every 2 hours of class. I bet test scores would go up. That is another fact talked about in Spark; the NapervilleIllinois school district has a progressive Physical Education program and they test at the top of the U.S.

Good luck on raising your I.Q.