#48 The Neural Science of Exercise and Brain Health with Ryan Glatt

Check out this week's podcast episode featuring Ryan Glatt. Ryan is a psychometrist and brain health coach at the Brain Health Center at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute. With a strong background in exercise science and human health, he coaches individuals towards optimal brain health. Ryan develops curricula specifically targeted towards those with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and traumatic brain injury. He focuses his practice and research towards slowing cognitive decline for those with cognitive complaint and those who want to prevent neurodegenerative conditions. Ryan also develops programs for the health and fitness industry on health and neuroscience. He actively consults for brain-based technology companies like SMARTFit. He has completed brain health programs from the Amen Clinics, the NeuroCoaching Institute, the Neuroscience Academy, the NeuroLeadership Institute, Neuroscience for Coaches, and others on the topics of brain health, sleep, and mindfulness. Recently, Ryan has released the Brain Health Trainer course, which is the first comprehensive course to be released on the topic of brain health and exercise.   In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro 10:45 - Training brain health across age demographics 13:02 - Exercise and brain health benefits 17:47 - The FITT principal 20:15 - The goals of brain training 26:00 - Exercise prescriptions 30:58 - Rock climbing - The single best training modality for the brain? 34:41 - The removal of recess in schools and child cognition 39:55 - Cross lateralization movements 43:03 - Intentional understanding of movement training 48:09 - Stick Mobility and the Optimal Theory of Motor Learning 49:53 - Stick Mobility for brain health   More from Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/glatt.brainhealth/ https://www.brainhealthtrainer.com  https://www.acefitness.org