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Desk Jockeys: Exercise!
Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Acknowledging the obvious ironies, we suggest that everyone who’s hands are tied to a keyboard for hours a day sit down and watch this very interesting video about the mental benefits of exercise.

John Ratey, a professor at Harvard, spoke with Richard Wiese about his new book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain which examines how our culture has evolved against our physiology.

Watch more talks from the Thirteen Forum series at Thirteen Video.

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