Exercise really is one of the best things you can do in your life. It's kind of like the Frank's RedHot sauce of condiments. Remember their tagline? Just like Frank's RedHot, exercise does it all as well. Or if you're more of a movie buff than a chef maybe Windex is a better example. Just like Windex, exercise can solve many of life's problems. Because we're aware of many of the benefits of exercise including increased/improved: strengthfitnessmobilityhealthsleepmental healthpostureimmune functionlongevitybone & joint healthenergy weight managementacademic performance And this is really preaching to the choir because as a reader of this blog, and possibly subscriber of our newsletter, you already live an active life for the reasons listed above. But did you consider one of your reasons for increased fitness to be so that you would have improved motor skills? In other words, is there a physical task you were looking to improve and thought the way you would get better would be by increasing your fitness? If you hadn't thought that way don't worry you're not alone, read this blog for tips to staying fit and healthy.. Not many people had. And new research published this months is among the first evidence to show this. The study looked at how running fitness improved motor learning. More specifically the researchers wanted to know what was the mechanism that allowed for better movement. Here's what they did. The had mice run daily on a wheel for a week. And then they measured how the mice on the time to cross a balance beam and their performance on a rotarod measuring speed when they fell off. Below are the results comparing the the mice that ran versus the controls that didn't. e Time to cross a 1-m long, 4-mm diameter rod balance beam during each trial...