Singlecoilquack
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Trail running. Something about the LISS while being in the forest. Sometimes S&S. Too much of either reduces the effect.
Cycling for me. I do it for the BDNF and the immediate feels. Otherwise, Q/D 33 or 44.Would love to hear peoples experience. If you were training solely for alertness, energy and maybe cognitive function throughout the day, what would you pick?
Without a doubt it's longer rides, usually off-road, hikes, surfing and breathing exercises.Cycling for me. I do it for the BDNF and the immediate feels.
Indeed, sirWithout a doubt it's longer rides, usually off-road, hikes, surfing and breathing exercises.
If you were training solely for alertness, energy and maybe cognitive function throughout the day
I remember reading in The New Scientist that the brain scans of novice versus expert chess players are completely complimentary. Something about the novel stimulus and the pattern recognition function.I remember seeing a brain specialist, Dr Amen, showing a brain scan of someone before and after playing table tennis, and the after scan showed the whole brain was lit up i.e. activated.
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I used to do my Rite of Passage ladder but take all day with the reps and sets split up by short walks with uplifting music. Sometimes sitting in the seiza position for like 10 minutes at a time. Really was a form of meditation.Would love to hear peoples experience. If you were training solely for alertness, energy and maybe cognitive function throughout the day, what would you pick?
In addition, to rest in mental stillness during meditation, you can also learn to cultivate the calm after this meditation so that you can be relaxed as you go about doing things. Being relaxed means that you can do more mentally with less effort. The method is that of the late eminent psychiatrist, Dr Ainslie Meares. I should also mention that some people say they practice "stillness meditation" but their mind cannot be still as it is focussed (ie nothing like Dr Meares' method), this is why I usually mention his name.