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The Brain is a Muscle, too: Lifting too Little Isn’t Effective or Interesting

By: Pamela Rutledge · March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

A recent report says that while cardiovascular strength adds up, lifting weights that are too light doesn’t do much to build muscle. It is important to tax the muscles to get them to respond. The same is true in learning. If you don’t have to try, you won’t get much result. Setting and measuring progress [...]

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