Dance training
Choreography and movement classes as conditioning and coordination work
Choreography and movement classes, from ballroom and jazz to the fight choreography stunt teams build for film. The conditioning is real, but the bigger claims are about coordination, timing and the brain: learning sequences and hitting them to music is demanding cognitive work. Actors and athletes use it to make movement look relaxed rather than muscled through. Group classes are cheap; private coaching is not.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Hugh JackmanDoes it
Actor · Wolverine and The Greatest Showman
Much of the physical prep for Deadpool & Wolverine was dance training with stunt coordinator Brian Smrz, he told People. His body was sore at first but still responding, and the surprise for him was how good it is for the brain.
Source: Fox News: 'Wolverine' star Hugh Jackman says it took a team of 8 people to get him into superhero shape
Aimed at the same thing
Other entries filed under fitness or focus.
- Protocol$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Table tennis
Ping pong played as a brain workout, part aerobic and part fast decision-making
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - ProtocolFREE, no cost
The 40% rule
The idea that when your mind says you are done, you are at about 40 percent
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - ProtocolFREE, no cost
The 85 percent rule
Working at about 85 percent effort so relaxation and form do the rest
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - Supplement$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Creatine monohydrate
Three to five grams a day, taken for strength and power output
On record from 12 of 62 tracked people: 10 do it, 2 recommend it - Supplement$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Alpha-GPC
Choline source taken before workouts or hard cognitive work
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Training as practice
Treating a session as skill rehearsal rather than a workout to be survived
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it
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