01 Be A Taskmaster
Want to put the breaks on brain-ageing? A University of California, Riverside study found those who practised three skills simultaneously – say, learning a language, mastering gymnastics and taking a career-boosting online tutorial – had cognitive abilities decades below their actual age. In a good way, we mean. Download the Udemy app, with over 100,000 video courses, and upgrade your commute.
02 Bare Gains
If you neglected to pack trainers today, don’t sweat: in a University of North Florida study, participants who ran barefoot for 15 minutes improved their powers of recall by 16 per cent in subsequent tests, while shoe-clad sprinters saw no improvement. Jogging backwards has been shown to have a similar effect – though this isn’t recommended near main roads.
03 Sweat It Out
Want to wind back your biological
