Exercises that can help improve mental performance

The University of Cincinnati's Emerlee Timmerman, MD, was featured in a Women's Health article discussing exercises that benefit your brain as well as your body, including cardio exercise like walking, running and cycling.

“Overall, we typically recommend aerobic exercise in terms of boosting cognition and memory,” Timmerman, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine in UC's College of Medicine and a UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute physician, told Women's Health.

Timmerman added that some studies have found resistance training can help improve overall intellectual and mental status and the ability to suppress impulsive behaviors. Zooming out, regular exercise provides more benefit than sporadic exercise.

“Most studies and recommendations say to do at least moderate-intensity exercise on as many days as feasible," she said.

Read the Women's Health article.

Featured photo at top of bike riding. Photo/Iris Wang/Unsplash.