2. Performance in the Artistic Career Supported by the Practice of Intense Physical Exercises

• Published in: Review of artistic education 2023-03, Vol.25 (1), p.113-119
• Main Authors: Leşe, Ana - Cristina, Minea, Raluca, Dumitraş, Iarina -Teodora
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anatomy; Artists; Brain; Careers; Cognitive ability; Curricula; Departments; Education Courses; Executive Function; Exercise; Learning Processes; Memory; Mental Disorders; Motor ability; Music; Musical performances; Musicians & conductors; Obesity; Physical education; physical exercises; Physical fitness; Physical Health; Resistance (Psychology); Skills; Students; Visual artists; Visual arts
• ISSN: 2501-238X; 2069-7554; 2501-238X
• DOI: 10.2478/rae-2023-0016

Performance in the artistic career is achieved through a continuous process of learning, education and study, supported and enhanced by an unseen, unnoticed, even often ignored factor like sport. Through this study we can demonstrate that the practice of intense specific type of physical exercises or individual sports can influence and support performance in the visual arts field. Our study we have been carrying out in the past 2 years for a number of 350 student artists who practised a type of sport or a physical activity, including physical education courses in their university curriculum, shows that they experienced better artistic performance in a percentage of 60% compared to those students who practiced less physical exercises. It is well known that training, in a variety of forms, allows increasing the mass of specific group of muscles, but also increasing endurance for longer periods of time. Also, regular physical activity causes an increase in the vascular caliber, which will lead to better oxygenation and a better nutrient supply to the brain. The brain is the most glucose-demanding organ in the body and, at the same time, it functions only in aerobic metabolism. Thus, the increase of vascular caliber through regular sports will determine an increased intracranial pressure, respectively a higher oxygen and glucose consumption. Constant practice of physical exercises will significantly reduce the risk of mental illnesses, and will improve memory, by preventing a series of brain disorders.