they exercise regularly and eat right!

How many of the above components of the balanced, healthy lifestyle promoted by your inserted document are adhered to in appropriate proportion by committed bodybuilders do you think?

All of those factors may help in slowing decline of cognitive function, but they will not increase any intelligence you start with.
I believe the posted article states that

"mental stimulation, physical exercise, proper nutrition, and lifestyle habits that enhance cognitive function and protect against decline"

You're obviously not a bodybuilder ...

What does the included article have to with bodybuilding?

The excerpt does mention aerobic exercise benefits, which body building mostly is not. Hope this isn't about "looksmaxxing," that shallow, narcissistic and often self harming web fad led by "Clavicular." That's a destructive trend which will leave young men anxious and miserable and trapped in their self-obsession and distorted body image.

Well, and bodybuilders often have a high protein diet, which is not precisely super-balanced. But really the text is more of a hodge-podge of general health advice. Also brain power is not a thing and certainly not the same as intelligence, as MigL indicated.

1 hour ago, TheVat said:

about "looksmaxxing," that shallow, narcissistic and often self harming web fad led by "Clavicular."

I had to look that up. And now I regret it. Deeply. Maybe it is a good thing if AI ends humanity as clearly, there is not bottom to stupidity.

5 hours ago, MigL said:

All of those factors may help in slowing decline of cognitive function, but they will not increase any intelligence you start with.
I believe the posted article states that

"mental stimulation, physical exercise, proper nutrition, and lifestyle habits that enhance cognitive function and protect against decline"

You're obviously not a bodybuilder ...

you obviously dont know how to read. it says, "boosting brain power involves a combination of mental stimulation, physical exercise, proper nutrition and lifestyle habits that enhance cognitive function and protect against decline."

Note the absence of the word "intelligence" there. The import bit to understand for studies that look measure these things is that they use the baseline of the person. So they take for example two groups, give them tests, then have one of them do an exercise regimen whereas the control group does nothing. Those doing exercise may improve their baseline a bit from wherever they are, but they do not necessarily perform absolutely better than the control group.

And intelligence is also a complicated term and it depends again what you measure. Many tests are aimed at finding invariate elements, which is quite a bit controversial as we do not know what is being measured. Another form of intelligence includes actually tests knowledge, where workout won't help you if you don't hit the books afterwards (or before).

7 hours ago, knowledgeispower917 said:

you obviously dont know how to read. it says, "boosting brain power involves a combination of mental stimulation, physical exercise, proper nutrition and lifestyle habits that enhance cognitive function and protect against decline."

Which part of weightlifting includes mental stimulation, or aerobic exercise (mentioned in the main part), or lifestyle habits that enhance cognitive function? What guarantees that weightlifters follow proper nutrition rather than a regimen that lets them bulk up, or that they have proper lifestyle habits?

Neurogenesis, the addition of new neurons to the human brain, peaks during development, then holds fairly constant until early middle age, then starts declining into old age.
Neurons, being the human CPUs and RAM, are a simplistic measure of capacity for intellect.

"From Google
"Factors Impacting Age-Related Decline
Stem Cell Depletion: A decline in the number of neural stem cells (NSCs).
Environmental Cues: Older brains offer less support for stem cell maturation (fewer growth factors like EGF/FGF).
Increased Neuroinflammation: Age-dependent increase in proteins like VCAM!"

and

"How to Support Neurogenesis with Age
Exercise: Known to encourage angiogenesis (new blood vessels) and neurogenesis in the hippocampus.
Mental Activity: High-intensity cognitive engagement and learning new skills.
Lifestyle Factors: Healthy diet and avoiding chronic stress."

Anything else you wish to know can probably be found with a sensible search, and of course, a little bit of critical thinking.

I'm 67, and I don't 'body-build' but I do work out, my job and my hobbies do support a level of mental activity, and while I typically favor a 'Mediterranean' diet, it is a little heavy on bread and pasta ( what can I say; I'm of Italian descent ), and I have a hard time avoiding stress.

If there is anything else you wish to know relating to my reading ability, feel free to ask more dumb questions.

Edited March 19Mar 19 by MigL

On 3/18/2026 at 5:53 PM, MigL said:

Neurogenesis, the addition of new neurons to the human brain, peaks during development, then holds fairly constant until early middle age, then starts declining into old age.
Neurons, being the human CPUs and RAM, are a simplistic measure of capacity for intellect.

"From Google
"Factors Impacting Age-Related Decline
Stem Cell Depletion: A decline in the number of neural stem cells (NSCs).
Environmental Cues: Older brains offer less support for stem cell maturation (fewer growth factors like EGF/FGF).
Increased Neuroinflammation: Age-dependent increase in proteins like VCAM!"

and

"How to Support Neurogenesis with Age
Exercise: Known to encourage angiogenesis (new blood vessels) and neurogenesis in the hippocampus.
Mental Activity: High-intensity cognitive engagement and learning new skills.
Lifestyle Factors: Healthy diet and avoiding chronic stress."

Anything else you wish to know can probably be found with a sensible search, and of course, a little bit of critical thinking.

I'm 67, and I don't 'body-build' but I do work out, my job and my hobbies do support a level of mental activity, and while I typically favor a 'Mediterranean' diet, it is a little heavy on bread and pasta ( what can I say; I'm of Italian descent ), and I have a hard time avoiding stress.

If there is anything else you wish to know relating to my reading ability, feel free to ask more dumb questions.

oh, youre 67. well, that explains it.

1 hour ago, knowledgeispower917 said:

oh, youre 67. well, that explains it.

Explains what?

6 hours ago, knowledgeispower917 said:

oh, youre 67. well, that explains it.

I've made it to 67; I'm surprised you made it past puberty.

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