How Much Should I Work Out a Week?

"You should have every single day at least a short burst of high intensity where your heart is racing," he says. "Even if it's just five minutes." The best way to keep those blood vessels strong and keeping connectivity throughout brain regions in a really healthy, full brain is through high intensity heart racing. When I was like dying off my heartbreak, I would go for runs. You get this sustained release of these endorphins after. And that includes emotional pain as well.