As we are living in a world that is already fast developing in every aspect, I strongly believe we should pay attention to sustaining cognitive sharpness as it plays a fundamental role in our personal life success and even our professional life success also. Many of us have heard about so much benefits that is in regular exercise and not only that but also some of us always engage in regular exercise and we always think the only benefits that is in regular exercise is in our physical health benefits, I will say regular exercise also helps our brain to function effectively and also including the cognitive sharpness.

According to my research, I discovered that when you engaged in exercises on a regular basis, it helps to make sure that it boosts your brain health, helps to enhance your memory and also helps to make sure that your cognitive sharpness is top notch.

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Some of us might be wondering how exercise helps to boost our brain function. It actually do so by first enhancing something called neuroplasticity. Now neuroplasticity means when you brain can adapt, coordinate and reorganise by itself. The more you engaged in productive physical activity, you are rest assured that it helps to supply something called BDNF which is Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor. It is a protein that helps in the growth of neurons in our brain.

Let me also add that by engaging in regular exercise, it helps to improve your blood flow and oxygenation in your body. You will notice that whenever you are exercising, your heart rate always increases and when your heart rate increases, there is a corresponding efficient blood circulation all through your body even including your brain. The benefits that is in it is that whenever there is good blood flow in your body, it makes sure that your brain is receiving the necessary oxygen and even nutrients like the protein I talked about earlier that will allow it to function well.

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When there is enough oxygen in your Brian due to the improved blood flow, it helps to make sure that you have high concentration, attention which generally makes sure that you have a focused mind that enhance productivity.

I will also talked about the aspect of stress reduction and mental clarity. The reason why many of us are always facing stress and mental burnout is we always fail to exercise most especially regularly. When you are exercising, it helps to relieve stress in your body naturally and how it helps to do that is it helps to reduce the hormone responsible for stress in our body which is cortisol. Whenever you find yourself engaging in exercise regularly, you are equipping your brain to be able to handle and manage stress effectively, and that's why if you see someone who exercise a lot, they have more ability to handle tough situations.

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Then lastly which I will like to add to it before concluding is the aspect of enhancing your memory and learning capabilities. Every time you exercise, most especially regularly, you are increasing your memory and learning abilities. According to the research I did, I discovered that regular exercise can go a long way to help you improve your episodic memory and generally your learning abilities. You will have long term memory as compared to others and with more ease, you will find out that you can handle informations and understand with ease as compared to others who fail to engage in regular exercise.

Then the last benefit I will like to add is it helps to finally increase your creativity and productivity. Whether you like it or not, if you add all the benefits I have mentioned above, it will finally help you to achieve high level of productivity beyond you can ever imagine. It will work like magic.

As I conclude, the benefits of regular exercise is really enumeous that I can continue to mention more and more and it will not end. If you have not being engaging in physical exercise before, make sure that you start engaging in it as it will actually profit you. You might not see it now but in the next couple of weeks and months, you will start seeing the result. Also, always remember that the secret is in continuity.

For Further Studies

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568163723002751

• https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-brain-improve-memory-thinking-skills-201404097110

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3951958/

• https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity/features/boost-brain-health.html

• https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/exercise-can-boost-your-memory-and-thinking-skills