Brain Booster

Do you want a quick brain boost? And do you want ahome is the HIIT or high intensity interval training model.
longer term brain boost? Probably both, and we nowDon't let the acronym scare you. HIIT means that you
know a great deal about how to do both.do 30 second intervals of exercises you choose, like
I have resorted to milk chocolate over the decades ofyour grade school calisthenics for example, for 10
my life to help my flagging attention in the afternoon,minutes. Or if you are walking around the block you
especially after those meat loaf and mashed potatospeed it up so that you are breathing deeply enough to
lunches I used to have as a kid in grade school.make talking and breathing difficult.
But what we really need is simply a change in attentionEvans and Burghardt call that increasing your physical
or attentional style, and there are many ways to doactivity, and perhaps you move eventually to
that.something a little more formal like going to the YMCA
Daydreaming is a natural tool that we use to refreshand doing a physical workout.
our neurochemistry.If you want to take a look at a model of HIIT that can
However that tool may not always get affirmed in thebe done at home, here is one that I recommend. After
class room or the board room, but heart rate variabilityyou finish your chocolate and your workout, you will
biofeedback,for example, or a quick brain boost using aneed to attend to nutrition, a very important aspect of
computerized brain fitness program will fill the bill quitebrain boosting, including getting your omega 3 fatty
nicely, switching my attentional style and refreshing myacid.
neurons at the same time. A walk or a quick workout,Evans and Burghardt make some recommendations
even in my office, could accomplish the same thing.about sleep and stress management also, but the last
Your supervisor will not mind your having an exercisepillar of brain fitness is one that I think offers a
ball in the office if your productivity increases, right?wonderful range of brain boosting opportunity, and that
Nobody knew too long ago that we humans grewis the novel learning experience.
new neurons every day if we took care of the pillarsThat is where you get to try out some computerized
of brain fitness, and nobody knew how plastic thetools which are challenging, efficient, and have some
human brain was, which means how quickly andresearch behind them
efficiently the brain creates new connections betweenSome are computerized but not online. You buy them
neurons when something new is learned.and download them, and they complement your other
So the best way to boost your brain is to find ways tobrain boosting activities perfectly. Others are online, and
attend to the pillars of brain fitness while you areyou can keep them booted up and switch over to
involved in your daily routine.them for a few minutes of brain boosting between
The pillars, and if you want an excellent resource toclients or calls.
discover information about the pillars of brain fitness,As a result of attending to the pillars of brain fitness,
then please read Brainfit for Life by Simon Evans, Ph.D.you keep growing new brain cells and increasing
and Paul Burghardt, Ph.D.neuroplasticity.
The most important brain booster is exercise, and theNot sure about you, but I thing brain boosting, especially
good news is you do not need to join an expensivebecause it is so easy to include in your daily routine,
club or buy expensive outfits to provide your brainought to be mandatory.
what it needs in this regard.I bet you even know some folks who you could gift
A wonderful model for exercise that you can do atthe brain fitness tools to, because the need is so great.