Robert dives deeper here than what I have personally seen about the impacts of exercise, sleep and mindfulness on the brain, and uses a bunch of real-life and often humorous examples to corroborate his theories, such as proclaiming Thomas Jefferson once said he never knew a regular walker who has not in good health and long-lived.

I found it extremely interesting how Mr. Baloh mentioned that repetitive fine motor activity, such as playing a musical instrument, changes the connectivity of the human brain. And sports that require hand-eye coordination produce similar results. Mr. Baloh also made an extremely profound assertion that physical activity in teenage years meant the most in terms of brain health in elderly states! The connection between different life stages for someone that can be greatly enhanced by exercising early makes me even more determined in the work I do with children and families. Going even a step further, Mr. Baloh mentioned that offspring of exercising women performed significantly better on language tests than those mothers who did not exercise. Mindblowing!

Mr. Baloh goes on to enhance my feelings on the benefits of dancing in unison, stating Exercising with synchronous movements in groups may be more beneficial to learning and brain health than exercising alone. He ends his book going in depth about how exercise can help in anxiety and depression, nothing exercise does not cure dementia, but it can delay the onset. I have given a lot of thought when he mentions aerobic exercise prior to a psychosocial stressful event, significantly decreased blood pressure associated with the event. The connections are obvious! I plan to reread his book in the next upcoming weeks.