From Eileen: And yet another good reason to exercise regularly … it gets your creative juices flowing. A scientific study of 60 college students showed that 30 minutes of moderate exercise can increase one’s creativity for hours afterwards. Hours afterwards!
If you don’t want to read the whole study, here’s a key finding:
This study’s results suggest that orthodox aerobic workouts have potential benefits in aiding creativity processes. This not only adds to the general utility of exercise to individuals, thereby providing greater impetus to exercise, but potentially provides tangible improvements to creative productivity. This implies that not only may individuals realize greater gains from aerobic exercise, but organizations may potentially benefit as well. For example, fostering environments that encourage aerobic exercise for employees may yield increases in creative output and innovation in product development, promotion, operations management, and many other areas.
The kicker is this only worked for people who regularly exercise. As we said, another good reason to keep on going, Fittest Losers!
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