Dr. Layne Norton
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The same thing happens with your body if you don't exercise.
And again, it doesn't have to be a bunch of exercise.
But speaking of the cognitive benefits, I mean, I was diagnosed at age six with ADHD and I
Honestly, the more – like as I look back just thinking about it now, the more I got into exercising consistently, the better my performance in school got.
And like even now –
Even though I tell other people you don't need to train for two or three hours, I am such a hyperactive brain going 1,000 miles an hour that if I didn't have that, my best friend tells me all the time.
He's like, dude, I wouldn't want to see you if you couldn't train for two hours.
He's like, I would not want to be around you.
You'd be intolerable.
So for me, I think – they say the sport chooses the person, not the other way around, right?
Yeah.
I think maybe subconsciously there was some of that that I just like felt better overall and loved doing it.
But for people out there who are struggling with it, whatever, listen, whether it's CrossFit, powerlifting, bodybuilding, just going to the gym, doing machines.
I don't care.
Like any of those are going to get you massive benefits relative to not doing anything.
And actually, there was another study that just got published.
I just covered it.
They did a randomized control trial.
I think it was in a Nordic country.
I want to say Denmark.