- by The Memory Exam Team
- April 14, 2025
- Exercise & the Brain
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Track Your Progress. Strengthen Your Recall.
Pairing movement with memory exercises is one of the most powerful ways to build mental stamina and support lifelong brain health. The Strength + Speech Log is your personal tool to stay on track. Simple to use and designed for all fitness levels, this printable guide helps you document your sessions, memory challenges, and how you felt afterward—so you can monitor your growth and stay motivated.
How to Use the Strength + Speech Log
This log is designed to accompany the routines described in Part 3: Strength Training for Sentence Structure in our blog series Your Brain’s Best Age. It provides a flexible framework for practicing brain-boosting movement and speech exercises.
1. Track Your Exercises
Check off which of the following you completed:
- Chair Story Squats – tell a story out loud, adding a detail with each squat
- Pantry Row Word Pairs – practice word associations while doing light rows
- Soup Can Curls – name words from different categories while curling light weights
2. Choose a Memory Task
Rotate through verbal challenges like:
- Naming animals, foods, or places
- Recalling countries or U.S. states
- Saying paired words like “salt and pepper” or inventing your own
These help build verbal fluency, working memory, and mental flexibility.
3. Tell a Story
Use the “Story of the Day” section to practice sequencing, memory, and expressive speech. Add a new detail each round to stretch your recall.
4. Practice Word Categories
Write down as many words as you can from categories such as:
- Foods, animals, and places
- People, objects, and actions
This is great for warming up your brain and expanding recall vocabulary.
5. Reflect on How You Felt
Use the final section to note how you felt after the routine. Over time, this helps you track improvements in clarity, energy, and confidence.
Why It Works
Combining strength and speech challenges activates multiple areas of the brain at once. Tracking your progress builds consistency—and consistency builds results.
Download the log. Use it 2–3 times per week. Speak your way to a stronger brain.
Download the Speech + Strength Log
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