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Stay Calm When Triggered! | Louisa Nicola PT 1

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The Benefits of Resistance Training for Brain Health

In the 1990s, it was all about aerobic activity. Then we started to catch on to the fact that resistance training produces so many more beneficial effects for the brain. Myokine is just a protein that lives in the skeletal muscle. When you contract your muscles, these get released. They shoot out into the bloodstream. And when they go to these areas, oh my God, it is like fertilizer. It just does what it has to do. We now know that myokines can starve off neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and certain forms of cancer. So go to the gym to produce a looise.

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