166: The 3 Best Types of Exercise for Boosting Brain Function | Ryan Glatt, MS
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Glatt, MS, CPT, NBHWC is a trainer and brain-health coach with over a decade of experience in the health & fitness industry. He currently works alongside clinicians and researchers to study the effects of cognitively-enhanced and comprehensive exercise plans at the Pacific Brain Health Center.
Ryan has pursued education from the Amen Clinics, The BrainFirst Training Institute, the Neuroscience Academy, the Academy for Brain Health & Performance and, the Master's of Applied Neuroscience program at King's College of London. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/166-ryan-glatt
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| 0:00.0 | What's poppin' family? Welcome to episode 166 of the Genius Life. |
| 0:04.0 | What's going on everybody? Happy Wednesday. How you doing? I'm your host Max Lugovier. I'm a filmmaker, |
| 0:24.2 | health and science journalist and author of The New York Times, bestselling book Genius Foods, |
| 0:26.9 | and The Genius Life. Today is a good day, not only because it's Wednesday, which means that we |
| 0:32.8 | get to hang out, but because I've got the opportunity to share my epic conversation with the one and only |
| 0:37.2 | Ryan Galat with you. If you're looking to optimize your exercise routine around your brain health, |
| 0:43.6 | well, Ryan is definitely your guy and this is the episode of my show to listen to because we're |
| 0:48.4 | going to go deep into all things exercise and brain health. Ryan is a psychometrist, which is somebody |
| 0:55.4 | who's trained to administer neuropsychological tests, and he's also a brain health coach, and he |
| 1:00.6 | has a background in personal training. Given that, he has a very strong background in exercise |
| 1:05.8 | science and human health, and Ryan professionally helps develop curricula specifically targeted |
| 1:10.6 | towards those with dementia, Parkinson's disease, autism spectrum disorders, and traumatic brain injury. |
| 1:16.0 | He helps coach individuals towards optimal brain health, and he does so in a clinic here in |
| 1:21.3 | Southern California. In today's episode, Ryan and I chat about the three types of exercise that you |
| 1:27.7 | definitely should be doing in order to optimize your brain function and your brain health. He goes |
| 1:32.9 | into depth into each of these different exercise modalities, and how you can incorporate them into your |
| 1:37.6 | daily routine. We cover the relationship between exercise and the brain, and how exercise really is |
| 1:44.4 | a form of medicine for the brain. With, you know, few exceptions, it is one of the most powerful |
| 1:50.8 | things that you can do for your brain, and so I'm excited to dedicate an entire episode to the topic. |
| 1:56.1 | Now, aside from exercise, you guys know if you're a regular listener of the show that sleep is |
| 2:01.3 | also crucially important to having a healthy brain, both a healthy duration of sleep and good |
| 2:08.0 | sleep quality. We know that when we sleep, a network of channels called the lymphatic system helps |
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