"Just one mental exercise of thinking through what are the sequence of steps required in order to perform this habit from start to finish can shift the likelihood of being able to perform that habit."
Dr. Andrew Huberman
"It's a constant mental exercise. I have to kind of like force myself and pull this positivity out of me."
"The brain is like a muscle, and whatever part you work out more, the stronger those parts are going to get."
Dr. Sten Ekberg
"New learnings is big. Reading is to your mind what exercise is to your body."
"Through mental exercise, we can voluntarily enhance compassion."
"Mind is like a muscle; it's use it or lose it."
"I love the mental exercise of just having to do these gymnastics to figure out what's gonna happen."
"It's extremely important for you to train your brain. And there's no better exercise than counting."
"Wonder about a hundred things a day, not needing to know the answer."
"Think of your brain as a muscle being trained."
"The power of Tetris and I think a few other sudoku, you know, fits into that category."
"These puzzles are so great for training your mind."
"Focus on it until you can focus on it no more, whether it be three minutes or thirty minutes."
"The intellectual sort of strain, it's like going to the gym. This show, that in the most interesting way."
"Challenging your mind is one of the most important ways to keep your brain healthy in the long term."
"Even in moments of physical limitations, there's always something you can do to exercise your mind and well-being."
"Debating and discussing complex ideas... is a valuable form of intellectual exercise."
"Happiness and being content is really like a muscle you need to exercise."
"I think it's a good just mental exercise for you guys just to get you've been carrying around all this stuff that's equated to carrying around debts and just getting rid of some of it I think it's going to bring you a lot of peace."
"Juggling actually helps you to build better brains."
"Imagination is just like any other muscle in your body."
"It really helps you polish your brain never stop using your noggin."
"Read more; reading is to your mind what exercise is for your body."
"Reading books is weightlifting for the brain."
"I want you to visualize this. Close your eyes and visualize this."
"Remote viewing: trying to think really hard, like hernia hard."
"It's the idea of just letting your brain run with what this series is trying to do."
"Keep this little riddle at the back of your mind."
"By learning a new language, you’re strengthening your memory, improving problem-solving skills, and expanding your cognitive function."
"We can physically change our brain by using our mind."
"Exercise in your mind is exactly what the underlap is doing which to me is just as important as going out for a walk or going to the gym."
"It's a very powerful exercise and process to do."
"Never ever ever ever stop exercising your mind. Learning is going to be the thing that pushes you forward."
"I'm using words, not numbers, flexing your mind."
"They're actually brain games... they can stimulate and make you have those creative juices start oozing out of your ears."
"The mind is a muscle we use every single day."
"There is a lot of things that we can do to keep our brains in shape."
"Thought experiments are like mental gymnastics for the soul."
"Practice mental exercises to sharpen cognitive skills and promote neuroplasticity."
"Writing is fun, just open your brain up and try a new muscle."
"Your brain is literally a muscle...you gotta give your brain a brain day."
"Puzzles force you to use your mind in a clever and creative way."
"Your brain doesn't really know the difference between you imagining doing something and you physically do something."
"I think sometimes the intention of saying I'm gonna sit and read, which obviously takes a little bit of brain power, is an important place to introduce into your daily habits."
"It's just such a great way to work the muscle that is your mind."
"Maths is great. That is gymnastics for the mind."
"Astrology does serve as a wonderful mental gymnasium."
"Astrology is a fantastic mental exercise."
"Your imagination can be thought of as a muscle."
"Even searching online can be a form of mental exercise."
"Puzzles are like exercises for our brain."
"No matter how old you are, mental exercise will have a positive effect on your brain which will in turn have a positive effect on your life."
"The Faculty of your imagination becomes stale through disuse and alert through use."
"Your brain should feel like you had a great workout every single day of your life."
"Trivia is sports for the mind. It's something you can do with people without having to make conversation the whole time. It's like you're working together as a community."
"Feels like you've exercised your mind which we all know is just as important as normal exercise."
"Puzzles are toys, games, or problems that force you to use your mind in a clever and creative way."
"There should be people who learn languages as a form of regular mental exercise that they do."
"I'd like to encourage people to do that the way we do mental and physical and spiritual exercise."
"Meditation is just a sort of mental exercise."
"You lift weight is thinking heavy thoughts, making decisions, interrogating situations. That's what mathematics was doing to you in class."
"If we can engage in regular mental exercise to have the effects comparable to psychopharmacological interventions that are widely used, that's pretty powerful stuff."
"You have to work at being creative, and reading is like this mental gym."
"Join Mod's book club. Read a book, it'll be good for your brain."
"You pushed yourself to just, even though you may not have been asked that question yourself, you did the mental exercise."
"I found that you don't gain any weight as long as you burn calories by using your brain."
"Who needs mindless iPhone games when you got Babbel to keep your brain in check?"
"It's a cognitive gym that you get to work out in every single day."
"If you work out your body right, you should work out your mind too and like have these conversations we're just talking about."
"Mindfulness practice can develop your thinking muscle."
"Your brain is like any other muscle in your body. If you can activate it and use it, it'll get stronger and better."
"It's a little bit of a brain workout as well."
"How do you activate your brain power?"
"The key to detect the pattern here is to do mental calculations inside your head."
"It is important to use your mind, do different things. They say the mind is a muscle."
"Hello and welcome to Only Connect, the quiz that's like a gym for the mind."
"Playing chess is an imperfect exercise but a good exercise nonetheless."
"It's work for your brain, as well as your body."
"Staying curious and doing things like solving puzzles is really good for you."
"I love to give us a workout for our brain as well as our body."
"Kickstart your smarts and massage your mind."
"Looks like we get to exercise our bodies and our minds, this is going to be a really good game for the mind."
"This is a workout for your brain as well as your body."
"It keeps me moving, it keeps my brain working, and I love that about genealogy."
"Exercise the muscle to exercise the brain."
"Playing smart games... it's going to strengthen your mind because it makes you think it makes you use different neurons in your brain that you haven't used otherwise."
"The mind is here to exercise, to stimulate you to transcend its influence."
"The brain acts like a muscle; the more we use it, the better it gets."
"There's nothing like chess to keep the brain smart and give it a workout."
"Think of your mind as a muscle, and you've got to exercise that."