57 of 58 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Mental Workout, Sep 28 2008
By Simon Evans - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brainfit: 10 Minutes a Day for a Sharper Mind and Memory (Paperback)
Brainfit is a great course of mental workouts to help you improve your skills to remember names, dates, places and many other things. The book offers a 9-week course with mental activities that focus on different themes. We all have some area we'd like to work on and this can help you do it. Another great book that comes at brain fitness from a different perspective is BrainFit For Life. This book goes beyond mental workouts to also detail brain healthy nutrition, physical exercise for the brain and how focus on optimal sleep helps improve memory and learning. Together these two books make a great pair.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, Mar 25 2009
By CHATTYGIRL "CHATTY GIRL" - Published on Amazon.com
Brainfit: 10 Minutes a Day for a Sharper Mind and Memory
A real page turner. Once you start, you can't stop. Even if you think your smart and mentally fit. This book shows you exercises that are great for retaining, cognitive, and other areas as we age need a little tweaking now and then. Definitely worth the time, effort, and investment. 5 stars!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could be a 10 page brochure., Mar 9 2011
By Andreas T. Mielenhausen "Andreas Toscano" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brainfit: 10 Minutes a Day for a Sharper Mind and Memory (Paperback)
When I read the title "Brainfit: 10 minutes a day for a sharper mind and memory", I immediately thought that this would be a book like "Train Your Brain". Unfortunately, it's not. The exercises are not really exercises and do not challenge you to get better. In other words, they are not a way to get a sharper memory with time. Tips like "Get an electronic calendar with reminder feature, such as Microsoft Outlook" (page 160) do not sound very inspiring or even sure in the books capability to help you in the long run. Plus, most of the exercises are based on fictitious activities that have little or no relevance to practical life.
I will, though, agree that the book has some interesting techniques on how to group information into blocks or even techniques on how to make information more memorable and easy to remember. But there was no need for a 320 pages book: a mere 10 page brochure would be enough.
If you are looking for ways to exercise your brain and concretely track your progress, buy "Train Your Brain". I've done 1 & 2 and was impressed by it. Not to mention that they are actually fun to work with.