Health Hack: Build Your Brain With HIIT

It’s all about HIIT – High-Intensity Interval Training. These workouts go back and forth between easy and hard intervals of exercises. Studies show they might be more effective than regular moderate-intensity workouts at creating changes in your body, including your brain. Also, these workouts are short and are definitely not boring.

HIIT WORKOUTS:

• Raise the level of proteins that help your brain grow more cells involved in learning and memory.

• Increase blood flow to the brain, which gives it added oxygen and glucose. This can boost performance, reduce fatigue, and improve focus and alertness.

• Help your body get into a “flow” state, which is when everything seems to click and feel almost effortless. That’s because HIIT workouts have built-in goals, focus, and physical feedback.

• Can boost your self-esteem and sense of self-efficacy. This isn’t necessarily related to brain function, but it’s powerful. Completing challenging tasks fuels your self-belief in a way that carries over into other areas of your life.