COGWHEELS #2: Physical Exercise and Movement

There are five important types of movement that affect our health and wellbeing. We need to exercise all of them to achieve optimum benefits. They are: 

•  Aerobics 
• Strength
• Flexibility
• Balance 
• Posture

In this episode we focus on how we move (or don’t move) and how the nature of our movement affects the health and wellbeing of our brain. 

I use my own efforts to develop healthy movement habits and routines to explore why each of the areas mentioned above are needed to optimize our health and wellbeing. We explore how to find movement activities that are enjoyable and that combine as many of these components as possible. 

Physical Exercise and Movement Chapters" 

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• Introduction 
• My Wake-Up Call at Age 40
• Beyond Aerobics
• Slowing Age-Related Decline
• Why are Flexibility, Posture and Balance Important?
• Yoga: A Combinatorial Workout
• Summing Up The Main Points
• Conclusion.  

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:48 My Wake Up Call
• 4:21 Beyond Aerobics
• 6:17 Slowing Age-Related Decline
• 7:13 Why Flexibility, Balance & Posture?
• 11:22 A Combinatorial Workout - Yoga
• 15:10 Summation
• 18:13 Conclusion