The former describes deducing a solution based on logic and reason. How does exercise increase creativity?Īccording to researchers, exercise increases creativity by encouraging convergent and divergent thinking. She hits the gym at 05.30 before starting a day of creative work. The creative American dance choreographer Twyla Tharp also keeps to a strict early morning routine. In The War of Art, he describes his early morning gym sessions.
Stephen Pressfield is another well-known writer who exercises regularly. The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami is an avid runner and swimmer and wrote an entire book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running on how these endurance sports inform his creative process. These walks often give him time to reflect on his writings. The famous essayist David Sedaris walks for several hours daily, picking up trash in his home town of West Sussex. After reviewing their findings, the authors argued for “ argued for shared variance between bodily movement and creativity” Several scientific papers have found a link between exercise and creative thinking, including a paper published in Scientific Reports. Aerobic Exercise Gives Your Brain a Break Until then, keep spreading that love and joy that is such an integral part of our Wednesday and Friday mornings. We can’t wait to see you again on Wednesday for our first Wednesday workout of the new year. Thanks for showing up and kicking some ass today. Needless to say, I’ll be brainstorming some new names for this workout all day today. Thankfully, Mel, one of our most dedicated members who has been with us since DAY ONE, has a wonderful sense of humor and was only giving me a hard time. I think I stammered out something about the Washington Redskins and the Battle of Bull Run, but I don’t remember - I think I blacked out. When I told the group that we would be doing these Indian runs up the hill for today’s workout, Melanie, with as straight of a face as humanly possible, coldly stated, “I take offense to that.” I felt the color drain from my face and my knees buckle. “However,” she said, “I think they call it something different since I’m not sure if that’s the PC term.” I brushed off her suggestion to think of a different name, dismissing her concern of offending someone. She brought up the idea of splitting the group up to do Indian runs, which is an exercise that NP_DC does frequently during their Monday hill workouts. I had told her that I knew some people were getting bored of the “run up the hill, back down, do some exercises, and repeat until we tell you to stop” gig, and wanted to throw in some variety. Sydney and I were chatting last night and I mentioned that I wanted to try and mix things up a bit for this morning’s workout.
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