Click to play videoNew Delhi: Exercise keeps you healthy in body and mind, but if you need a little more motivation than that, here's something new.
A recent Columbia University study in the US has found that regular exercise can even cause biological changes, leading to the development of new nerve cells in some areas of the brain.
When you work out, the blood and energy supply to the brain improves. The genes in nerve cells also signal the production of proteins called neurotrophic factors or growth factors.
These prompt the nerve cells to grow, branch out and even give rise to new nerve cells, at least in some areas of the brain.
And research done at Columbia University finds that people who exercise do better on memory tests.
But you don't even need to get into the latest medical advances, to know that exercise is as good for you emotionally and mentally, as it is physically. It's pop culture folklore by now that exercise releases feel-good hormones called endorphins.
Says fitness trainer, Suparna Kapoor, " The biggest motivating factor is weight loss. People do want to look good. That's how it starts and that's how people get involved with exercise."
Whether it's working out at a gym, or at home, the bottom line is it doesn't really matter what kind of exercise you're doing as long as you're doing it regularly.
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