Brains and brawn have don’t usually go together but as it turns out a gym membership might be as valuable as a library card. When you exercise your body gets more oxygen to feed to you muscles, but your brain also picks up on a little bit of that extra air. Additionally when you exercise you have to use your mind to coordinate motion, and safely move your muscles. So, as if you needed it, here’s even more reason to get up and go outside today!
Exercise makes you smarter
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