Analysis: Can Exercise Truly Make One Smarter?
Can Exercise Truly Make One Smarter
TV shows, movies, have all used the theme of “brains versus brawn.” As a result many people believe that they are exclusive to one or the other. Many believe that to become strong you work out and to become smart you study. They are always separate activities and the ways in which a person builds up either are very different and exclusive to what they would like to become. This leads to the belief that when one exercises their body the only thing bulking up is one’s muscles and not one’s brain. I disagree. I believe that there is a correlation between academics and exercise. Thus, I assert that physical activity positively affects one’s focus, intelligence, and mental health. Exercise can indeed make for …show more content…
It’s a little obvious if one thinks about it and healthy body and healthy mind naturally make sense to go hand in hand and correlate with each other. According to Mary Carmichael a study done to fifth graders that tested and compared physically fitness of a student against their standardized test exam scores and found that those who ended up being the most physically fit also had the higher exam scores is just one of many in this growing research. She states that in most of these tests “…exercise can make people smarter” (Carmichael 1). Carmichael states how exercise can have such a positive effect on one’s brain easily enough, “…aerobic exercise helps the heart pump more blood to the brain, along with the rest of the body. More blood means more oxygen, and thus better-nourished brain cells” (Carmichael 1). Stated like that it is pretty understandable that there are benefits of exercising to the brain. Physical fitness improving brain function and intelligence has been a topic that has been discussed for many years. It is only because today there are machines like MRIs and CAT scans that give concrete proof of the benefits on exercising for a healthy brain. (Carmichael). In a comprehensive description of a specific study done by ASK (Active Smarter Kids) the specific brain waves and reasons behind why exercise could make children smarter was examined (Resaland 1). The study, which lead to much valuable evidence because of the experiments concrete professionally done measures proved that exercising helps increase brain function. The study which gives lots of scientific terms and reasoning to the results and the way in which they conducted the experiment is just further proof that exercising helps increase one’s intelligence. The study’s goal was to prove all of this so that there would be increased pressure on schools to encourage more physical fitness in children and
TV shows, movies, have all used the theme of “brains versus brawn.” As a result many people believe that they are exclusive to one or the other. Many believe that to become strong you work out and to become smart you study. They are always separate activities and the ways in which a person builds up either are very different and exclusive to what they would like to become. This leads to the belief that when one exercises their body the only thing bulking up is one’s muscles and not one’s brain. I disagree. I believe that there is a correlation between academics and exercise. Thus, I assert that physical activity positively affects one’s focus, intelligence, and mental health. Exercise can indeed make for …show more content…
It’s a little obvious if one thinks about it and healthy body and healthy mind naturally make sense to go hand in hand and correlate with each other. According to Mary Carmichael a study done to fifth graders that tested and compared physically fitness of a student against their standardized test exam scores and found that those who ended up being the most physically fit also had the higher exam scores is just one of many in this growing research. She states that in most of these tests “…exercise can make people smarter” (Carmichael 1). Carmichael states how exercise can have such a positive effect on one’s brain easily enough, “…aerobic exercise helps the heart pump more blood to the brain, along with the rest of the body. More blood means more oxygen, and thus better-nourished brain cells” (Carmichael 1). Stated like that it is pretty understandable that there are benefits of exercising to the brain. Physical fitness improving brain function and intelligence has been a topic that has been discussed for many years. It is only because today there are machines like MRIs and CAT scans that give concrete proof of the benefits on exercising for a healthy brain. (Carmichael). In a comprehensive description of a specific study done by ASK (Active Smarter Kids) the specific brain waves and reasons behind why exercise could make children smarter was examined (Resaland 1). The study, which lead to much valuable evidence because of the experiments concrete professionally done measures proved that exercising helps increase brain function. The study which gives lots of scientific terms and reasoning to the results and the way in which they conducted the experiment is just further proof that exercising helps increase one’s intelligence. The study’s goal was to prove all of this so that there would be increased pressure on schools to encourage more physical fitness in children and