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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2712350, member: 1026"] The article or brief didn't give us the detailed data on foot impacts or how that blood flow is qualitatively different from maximum blood flow during any strenuous exercise. I.e. not sure if the "back-flowing waves thru the arteries" that occur and provide the benefit of "dynamically regulating blood flow to the brain" can be achieved in other ways. I'd think if its all 'blood flow' swimming would be among the better and similarly road biking can be - its all a matter of where and how hard you go. I agree generally that mountain biking requires more brain engagement and coordination than road biking, but its easier to get an endurance or high intensity workout on the road where you can push and control pace. Likewise swimming in a pool can be very tiring and make you hungrier after than almost any other activity - so I think there's some blood flowing. But its very monotonous, some thought into perfecting the stroke and acuity to calculate the wall, but I find it 10 x better both fun and mentally to swim in open water. Generally though the trail running thing is similar to those that describe walking is ok to get somewhere and running is only doable within a sport like basketball. If you can find any activity or sport that can get you to the place where you find yourself forgetting everything but that moment, next play, next step next whatever, that's where the mind-body benefits really sync up in my view. [/QUOTE]

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