I think we appreciate that the most important driver of physical function is how we use our bodies.

If we want to get stronger or fit, then we need to train.

We need to lift weights or we need to go running.

And the brain is essentially the same.

I think that we've gotten to the point where we're so worried about challenge and stimulus and stress that we're now

avoiding things that actually drive increased capacity and that creates a vicious circle right

so that we have less capacity we're less able to tolerate things we do less and that's what then

results in a decrease in in function so the Norwegian four by four for those who familiar with it, is 4 minutes at 85 to 95% of maximum heart rate. And then in this study, they took a break for three minutes. And then they do that four times over. And they did this three times a week for six months. Three times a week? Yeah. And so if you've ever done this, this is like, these are like, these are adults in their 60s.

This is a fairly intense training program.

Neuroscience has in general done a really bad job of studying the female brain over the past

decades.

For every one female animal included in a neuroscience study, there were six male animals, right?

Which long story short is complete nonsense.

Like an analogy I use is if you looked at heart surgery halfway through, it would look like murder, right?

The chest is open, there's blood everywhere, all this kind of stuff.

But you know, long term, that has a really important, really important therapeutic benefit. And so the same is essentially here.

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie. It's

me, your host, as always, Dr. Stephanie Estima. If you thought that taking care of your physical body and your brain was

complicated, this episode is going to change that for you dramatically. We are talking today

with Dr. Tommy Wood and we are talking about how we can do things with our physical body. So

aerobic activity, anaerobic activity, resistance training,

with our nutrition, and with our cognitive faculties, what we have right now,

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