Abstract:
The connection between physical activity and cognitive function has become a focus of attention in educational research in recent years. Regular exercise has been shown to have significant positive effects on physical health, but it also appears to have a significant impact on cognitive function and academic performance. Of all the exercise modalities, resistance training has drawn interest for its ability to improve cerebral abilities in addition to physical well-being. However, there is limited available knowledge exploring the relationship between resistance training regimens and academic performance. This narrative review aims to investigate the underlying mechanisms linking resistance training to academic performance. Firstly, we will examine the biological mechanisms and psychosocial links that potentially connect resistance training to academic performance to find and describe the different mechanisms by which resistance training improves academic performance. In the next part of the work, we delve into the existing observational and intervention studies that have explored the relationship between resistance training and academic performance. Lastly, we provide practical recommendations for including resistance training in institutional education settings, emphasizing the need of dispelling myths and addressing barriers to increase participation as well as the relevance of considering key training variables and adaptation of protocols to developmental stages, always guided by a properly trained professional. Overall, the available evidence supports that resistance training provides potential benefits to the academic performance of youth students with many biological and psychosocial factors that explain this relationship. However, most of the studies are observational, and broader interventional studies are needed to understand and maximize the benefits of this type of physical exercise.
摘要:
身体活动与认知功能之间的联系已成为近年来教育研究的热点。定期锻炼已被证明对身体健康有显著的积极影响,但它似乎也对认知功能和学习成绩有重大影响。在所有的锻炼方式中,阻力训练引起了人们的兴趣,因为它除了身体健康之外还能提高大脑能力。然而,探索阻力训练方案与学业成绩之间关系的知识有限。这篇叙述性综述旨在研究将抵抗训练与学业成绩联系起来的潜在机制。首先,我们将研究可能将抵抗训练与学业成绩联系起来的生物学机制和社会心理联系,以发现和描述抵抗训练提高学业成绩的不同机制。在工作的下一部分,我们深入研究了现有的观察性和干预性研究,这些研究探讨了抵抗训练与学业成绩之间的关系。最后,我们为在机构教育环境中纳入抵抗培训提供了切实可行的建议,强调需要消除神话和解决障碍,以增加参与,以及考虑关键培训变量和适应发展阶段的协议的相关性,始终由训练有素的专业人士指导。总的来说,现有证据支持,抵抗训练为青年学生的学业成绩提供了潜在的好处,有许多生物和社会心理因素可以解释这种关系。然而,大多数研究都是观察性的,和更广泛的干预研究需要了解和最大化这种类型的体育锻炼的好处。