Tips and Advice

Exercise is fundamental in maintaining a healthy body. Activities that stimulate the body aid in many areas including keeping our muscles toned, and also in reducing weight. Another substantial benefit to regular physical exercise is that it appears that it aids in boosting the memory.

When we exercise our heart beats at a faster rate. When our hearts beat faster the blood within our bodies flows at a quicker pace. This translates into more blood moving through the brain. This equals improvement in certain brain functions including memory.
That means that by exercising we are improving our skills to remember many things. Often as we age in particular we become a bit forgetful and naturally associate that as a normal part of getting older. However, the same exercise that you do to improve how you feel, can also improve your ability to retain information. That’s an incredible bonus.

The type of exercise doesn’t appear to be as important as the duration. Getting your heart up to a certain pace and keeping it there for a specific time is essential. Therefore it’s wise to choose an activity that you enjoy. Doing something pleasurable helps the time pass quickly and before you know it your memory will have the work-out it needs to stay on track.

Walking outdoors is an inexpensive way to exercise not only your body but your memory as well. A twenty or thirty minute walk several times a week will aid in boosting your memory. It would also be wise to engage in mental exercises as you are walking. Testing yourself on the names of the streets that you regularly pass, becomes a silent game of memory. Once you have the street names mastered you can shift your focus to other elements, perhaps house numbers or colors of the homes. This is a wonderful way to boost your memory in more ways than one all at the same time.

Another relaxing and gentle form of exercise is swimming. Many people enjoy daily swims throughout the entire year. Getting the blood flowing helps in memory function as well as toning the body. Most indoor swimming pools also offer swimming classes that involve aerobics. This is a great method of partaking in exercise. The instructor demonstrates several sequences of moves that the participants mimic. This also is a great memory game. The repetition of the exercises helps embed them in the memory. Soon the swimmer is recalling the moves straight from memory.

Going to a gym is also a great way to work the entire body. There are many pieces of equipment that can be used to increase heart rate and blood flow to the brain. There are also other ways to get a boost to your memory through physical activity that isn’t traditionally thought of as exercise. One such method is dancing. By putting on some favorite music, moving the furniture and taking a spin around the floor, your memory is getting the exercise it craves. Movement is essential to memory!

Almost everyone has been in a situation where someone’s name slips your mind. You have been introduced to them in the past but trying to remember their name is futile. Instead you fumble along, looking for them to hand you a clue. This is an embarrassing situation for not only the person whose memory seems to have taken a mini-vacation, but it’s also difficult for the person whose name you forgot. It might make them feel slighted or unimportant.

There are tricks that the average person can employ that will help will boosting the memory and aiding in remembering important things including names. One technique that many people swear by is saying the name out loud once the person has introduced themselves to you. By repeating it you are hearing it again and the name becomes associated in your memory with the person’s face. You might also try asking them pointed questions while using their names. For instance, looking directly at them while saying, “What do you do for a living, Lisa?” Or “Do you have any children, Paul?” Again the idea is to use the name in a way that you are hearing it giving your memory an additional opportunity to absorb it.

Studying the person’s face and hair when you are first introduced to them can work as well. Most people have something different about them, be it a mole or perhaps a tooth that is slightly askew. If you concentrate on that aspect and then associate it with their name, your memory will bind the two together. For instance, if you are introduced to a woman named Anne who has a mole above her left eye it would be wise to focus on that as you repeat her name silently. Your memory will connect the two and then if you happen to see Anne again the mole above her eye will be the catalyst that jogs you into remembering her name.

If you are faced with a large group of people whose names are all new to you, both of these techniques might prove handy. Most people will not expect someone to recall their names if they are part of a huge crowd. All we need to do is remember back to grade school when the teacher would place the students in rows according to a seating plan. It is almost impossible for any teacher to memorize twenty-five or thirty names within the first few days of school, so having the seating plan affords the teacher the ability to glance at the name that’s noted on the plan and associate it with the child’s face. As adults we don’t have the luxury of a seating plan when we meet people in a business or social setting so it’s important to find a technique that gives your memory a boost. If you do that, the next time you come face-to-face with someone you’ve already been introduced to, you’ll remember their name.

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