Submitted by ProPenguin on Wed, 2012-02-08 02:13
Hey guys. That day is approaching and I'm really excited. But this is going to be more than just a stop PMO. This is going to be a full out change in my life if I can just keep on track. I recommend you all make similar changes in your life, as well. Although the whole "SMART" goal bullshit recommends only having one goal at a time, I don't believe in that. I feel with routine, I should be able to make beneficial changes to my life. I am writing this section in 2 parts.
Submitted by goosewort on Mon, 2012-01-23 00:17
It just occurred to me why I get a headache whenever I stumble upon sexually arousing material. It seems that both sexual arousal and migraines are associated with low serotonin levels [1]. When you get aroused serotonin drops and headaches appear. Maybe because of the reboot process my serotonin levels are unnaturally low already and every small arousal takes them below some threshold where headaches arise. Good thing exercise, among other things, increases serotonin.
Submitted by gary on Thu, 2012-01-19 08:18
Cellular Workout: Autophagy, the cell’s recycling system, may be responsible for the health benefits of exercise.
By Megan Scudellari | January 18, 2012
Submitted by gary on Thu, 2011-12-01 09:38
How Exercise Benefits the Brain, By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/how-exercise-benefits-the-brain...
To learn more about how exercise affects the brain, scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college students to take part in a memory test followed by strenuous exercise.
First, the young men watched a rapid-fire lineup of photos with the faces and names of strangers. After a break, they tried to recall the names they had just seen as the photos again zipped across a computer screen.
Submitted by MexicanTexican on Tue, 2011-10-25 09:19
Seems I've hit another flatline. Might be that I haven't been around my girlfriend in a couple of days, but I haven't gotten any spontaneous erections.
I've also been feeling really sluggish and I get the chills occasionally, which kind of scares me. I exercise all the time so I should have lots of energy, but it hasn't been there for about a week.
I've also been trying to convince my girl to pursue college instead of a career in the military due to slight money problems. It's got me a little depressed, but idk how much bearing something like that would have.
Submitted by gary on Thu, 2011-10-13 09:01
What Parkinsons Teaches Us About the Brain (forced exercise beneficial)
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS, NY Times
Scientific discoveries can be serendipitous, and so it was when Jay L. Alberts, then a Parkinson’s disease researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, mounted a tandem bike with Cathy Frazier, a Parkinson’s patient. The two were riding the 2003 RAGBRAI bicycle tour across Iowa, hoping to raise awareness of the neurodegenerative disease and “show people with Parkinson’s that you don’t have to sit back and let the disease take over your life,” Dr. Alberts said.
Submitted by gary on Mon, 2011-09-26 22:01
How Understanding Drug Addiction Can Motivate You to Exercise
By Maia Szalavitz Monday, September 26, 2011
Much has been made of the "runner's high," the euphoria attributed to pleasure-inducing neurotransmitter dopamine and endorphins (the brain's endogenous opiates) being released in the brain during exercise. But the question is, if exercise causes the same brain changes as do other rewarding activities like, say, taking drugs, why, then, don't exercisers crave their workouts the way addicts crave drugs?
Submitted by gary on Fri, 2011-09-09 16:05
Exercise the body, build the brain
September 8th, 2011 in Neuroscience
Researchers have, for the first time, isolated exercise as the key factor in triggering the production of functional new cells in the learning and memory centre of the brain.
Leading international neuroscientist, Dr Henriette van Praag, detailed her findings at the Brain Sciences University of New South Wales symposium today. Her research has demonstrated a causal link between exercise and brain regeneration, or neurogenesis, in the brains of mice.
Submitted by gary on Fri, 2011-07-22 21:41
Comments: Two studies that show that aerobic exercise increases in dopamine (D2) receptors. D2 receptors decrease with addictions, and are a major cause of desensitization. This study shows that long-term endurance training can increase dopamine D2 receptors in the reward circuitry (striatum).
Endurance training effects on striatal D2 dopamine receptor binding and striatal dopamine metabolite levels (1987)
Neurosci Lett. 1987 Aug 18;79(1-2):138-44.
MacRae PG, Spirduso WW, Cartee GD, Farrar RP, Wilcox RE.
Source
Submitted by gary on Thu, 2011-07-21 20:02
Aerobic Exercise Reduces Cannabis Craving
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Regular readers will recall my recent posts on the notion that the benefits of regular exercise on body weight are largely mediated by the positive impact on caloric intake rather than by the number of calories burnt.
This notion is based on the idea that exercise modulates eating behaviour by reducing stress, improving mood, and perhaps, even by reducing the ‘reward’ response of palatable foods.
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