Imagined physical training is not less productive, in comparison with occupations in the gym.

Scientists from the University of Ohio conducted research and found that the human brain is able to prevent muscle atrophy.

The brain has a close connection with the physical body and controls the motor strength of the muscles - this has long been known. And here in the new experiment was attended by quite healthy people. For the sake of the experiment, they were divided into two groups, the subjects underwent a plaster cast on the wrist so that it was impossible to move the muscles.

One group, after that every day for 11 minutes, mentally exercised, imagining how they are engaged in the gym, how their muscles move and tense ... Participants in the experiment of the other group just wore gypsum. A month later, we conducted follow-up studies and found out that the participants in the first group who did everyday mental training became much stronger than those who did nothing of the kind. Thus, mental exercises have an effect on neuromuscular impulses. This discovery will be very useful for people with limited mobility, older people and for neurorehabilitation.

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