Argumentative Essay

Have you ever wondered what the benefits of exercise were besides a healthy body? Well exercising helps the brain, decreases stress, and even increases your memory. The article “Exercise Builds Brawn--and Brains” by Esther Landhuis is about exercising just 20 minutes a day to improve your memory and brain skills. The second article “Strong Body helps The MInd” by Stephen Ornes is about exercising for longer periods of time and less frequently to decreases stress and depression. Though long strenuous exercise can build muscle and fight stress and depression, shorter and less frequent exercise is better to help the brain in memory and stress. Firstly, one way that shows the benefits of 20 minutes of exercising was the fact that exercise helps

The text states “Just 20 minutes of leg lifts produced amylase boosts similar to those produced during short-term stress.” This illustrates that the exercise also helps when a person is in a state of stress. The evidence also shows that 20 minutes of exercise increased the ability to fight stress by them both producing more amylase boosts. Another way that 20 minutes of exercise helps is in test-taking. The text states, “The group that had done leg lifts scored about 10 percent higher than the control group.” This evidence implies that when they performed an experiment testing the proposition of 20 minutes exercise more frequent times a week, the data showed that the group who did 20 minute leg lifts had the effect of better scores on the test. Whereas the control group scored 10 percent less the experimental group.

Though 20 minute exercise sessions more times or everyday a week is helpful, some people may think otherwise. Some people may argue that longer and more strenuous exercise sessions are better for the brain. The second passage, “Strong Body Helps the Mind” states “their muscles produced PGC-1, alpha 1, and other chemicals that helped lower Kynurenine levels in the brain. This study may point to better treatments for depression.” This evidence illustrates that longer less frequent exercise also helps the brain. However the first passage has stronger examples and evidence on how the shorter, 20 minute exercise