'Keep On Learning' Rethinking exercise routines... Staying fit isn't just physical condition. Mental condition is just as important - there are an astounding variety of neurological disorders that have been named in the last century, and if you have any plans to enjoy old age, then preventing onset may be much more valuable than hoping for treatment discoveries. The trick? To exercise both brain and body. As the article puts it, "new research indicates that only certain activities—learning a mentally demanding skill like photography, for instance—are likely to improve cognitive functioning." Perhaps that may be obvious, you might claim. We do too much 'brain-exercising' work in most office jobs today, and it's the physical exercise that we are missing. Perhaps - but do how far do you challenge your brain? When you go to a fitness studio, you go through a regime of exercises which put every muscle group, isolated, to work. But do you challenge every part of your brain in your mental workout? What exercises should go into an optimal mental workout? Well, what would you put into your mental workout?

'Keep On Learning' Rethinking exercise routines... Staying fit isn't just physical condition. Mental condition is just as important - there are an astounding variety of neurological disorders that have been named in the last century, and if you have any plans to enjoy old age, then preventing onset may be much more valuable than hoping for treatment discoveries. The trick? To exercise both brain and body. As the article puts it, "new research indicates that only certain activities—learning a mentally demanding skill like photography, for instance—are likely to improve cognitive functioning." Perhaps that may be obvious, you might claim. We do too much 'brain-exercising' work in most office jobs today, and it's the physical exercise that we are missing. Perhaps - but do how far do you challenge your brain? When you go to a fitness studio, you go through a regime of exercises which put every muscle group, isolated, to work. But do you challenge every part of your brain in your mental workout? What exercises should go into an optimal mental workout? Well, what would you put into your mental workout? - Older adults are often encouraged to stay active and engaged to keep their minds sharp, that they have to 'use it or lose it.' But new research indicates that only certain activities—learning a mentally demanding skill like photography, for instance—are likely to improve cognitive functioning.