30 seconds of pushups invigorate stronger coffee

What's more cheer in the morning - a cup of strong black coffee or exercise? It was found that only 30 seconds push give a far greater effect than caffeine.

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English journalist and writer Gregory Ferenshteyn many years began each day with a cup of strong coffee, which provided him not only physical but also mental alertness. Indeed, for the author's work of the mind is more important than the fortress of muscles. But one day he decided to try to replace the coffee half a minute of intense exercise. It turned out that morning work-out   It is acting in this respect much stronger.

Since Gregory completely abandoned duty cup of coffee at Starbucks, and switched to the exercises. He found that a series of push-ups while morning exercise   It gives him exactly two times more energy than coffee. In addition, the refusal to allow the drink also save a decent amount of money. After a while he had used physical activity not only in the morning, but in general, at any time of the day or night if he needed power.

"When I need to make the brain run faster, then I find some place and doing exercises with weights to bring the heart rate up to 70% of the maximum (in my case it is 170 beats per minute), - says the man. - My favorite load this exercise 20 - from push to jumping jack (jumping feet together, feet apart - approx. Ed) or 40 exercises mountain climbers (the position of lying on his outstretched hands as if push-ups, then approaching the knees to the elbows). "

To make sure that exercise is really efficient coffee, Gregory took advantage of a special program for the measurement of cognitive activity, which can be found online at quantified-mind.com. He went through test after serving in 250 mg of coffee, and after their morning exercise standard. Caffeine only helped improve the short memory of 26% compared with 16% after physical activity, but all the other indicators he conceded sport. Incidentally, this is also confirmed by the more serious scientific research, conducted by scientists. So feel free to change the coffee on the sport, and you will definitely notice the difference. (READ MORE)

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