Hi, I'm The Official Tom Wilson, I've been a fitness professional for the past 25 years in Los Angeles, California. My backround includes Manager of the Original Gold's Gym in Venice, California - formerly the home of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1993, I opened my first fitness center, Better Bodies, in Los Angeles, California. In 1995, SHAPE MAGAZINE rated it one of the top ten fitness centers in the world. Currently, I'm embarking on a new venture which will permanently impact the fitness industry. Stay tuned ... and welcome!
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Visualize
[Nov. 29th, 2005|09:09 am]
[Tags | brain fitness mind exercise ]
[ Current Mood | cheerful ]
Visuospatial abilities are related to the ability to make quick and accurate estimates of distances, areas, and volumes; that is the general proportions of things and their distribution in space.
Try the following:
Close your eyes and visualize your body the way it looks now. Review each bodypart from head to to and front to back. Now recreate your body the way you would like it to look in the same manner in the same review process. Do this as often as convenient. This is a popular exercise of top...
Fit Logic
[Nov. 28th, 2005|09:45 am]
[Tags | brain fitness mind exercise ]
[ Current Mood | happy ]
Logic is the art of reasoning - finding an orderly sequence for disparate elements. Awaken the inherent logic inside of you through the following exercises.
Instead of a list when shopping, use memory aids, such as forming a complete word or one that can be completed by adding vowels or a consonant from the first letter of the word. Do you remember ROY G. BIV? You can also take the first letter from each item and construct a sentance to bookmark the things you need.
Play some games. Cardgames, chess,...
Fit Sense
The goal is to exercise perception in all five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
SIGHT: Each day make as many observations about an area of your body as you can. Then immediately write down you observations. This exercises short term memory. At the end of the week try to write down your observations for each day of the week. This exercises long term memory. You can also substitute objects instead of bodyparts. Some suggestions for areas of the body are: face, torso, back, arms, midsection, legs, and glutes. Then you can break it down even further: chest, biceps, triceps,...
Brain Fitness
Myth: The decline in mental abilities associated with aging - such as memory loss, sluggish thinking, blocks in problem solving - are inevitable.
Key Info: In a major longitudinal study researchers reported "the pattern of decline of cognitive capabilities generally associated with advanced aging" was "neither extensive nor consistent", if the brain remains challenged.
The Data: Numerous major studies on aging over the past 25 years support the findings that mental (and physical) decline with aging in not inevitable. What can be done to preserve, even enhance, our mental fitnesss as we grow...
