I think the important part overall is cardio. You need to elevate your heart rate for sustained periods of time. Lifting weights is better than not, but your brain benefits from the increased and improved blood flow "to clean out the garbage" (much like quality sleep).

[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My anxiety attacks elevate my heart rate daily. Does that count?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 23 points 3 days ago

Actually, it probably does. But the negative effects of anxiety probably outweigh it.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Lol. I feel ya!

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It actually increases the risk of dementia: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7355582/

Have you tried daily exercise, mindfulness, and anxiety-reducing supplements?

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

Have you tried not having ADHD?

[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

is heartrate the deciding factor here? if so, my gooning sessions and horror games achieve that just as well

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

the problem is just elevating your heartrate without exercise your body won't dilate your blood vessels to accommodate the faster blood traffic. This makes for lots more collisions between the blood cells and the intersections where blood vessels diverge, causing low grade damage to the system that builds up over time.

When your muscles activate with your heart the blood vessels all dilate and the blood pumps much smoother.

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago

amateur