Dr. Sarah McEwen, a cognitive psychologist and life long runner, has created the Genius Gyms running app out of the need to seamlessly blend cognitive training during your run to boost brain health and combat boredom on training runs.

The Genius Gyms App was designed to be an interactive playlist of cognitive games that you listen to and respond to with a screen tap while running. For the first time you can increase your mental and physical performance simultaneously during your run.

“I have been an athlete and runner my whole life and although I normally listen to music during my training runs that can feel mindless and gets boring day after day. I wanted to create an engaging method of training where I could still run fast but be cognitively challenged and strengthen my mind. My research at UCLA found and that of others (add links to papers)has found that the simultaneous combination of cardio training and targeted brain training exercises increases mental performance more than separately engaging in these activities and is the scientific foundation behind the Genius Gyms App."
- Dr. Sarah McEwen, Co-Founder Genius Gyms, Cognitive Psychologist, NCAA Track & Field athlete 

Improves overall physical fitness with a specific emphasis on increasing brain functioning for performing the following cognitive skills: memory, attention, language, processing speed, executive functioning and motor skill coordination. Our program aims to help reduce/delay the negative effects of aging on the brain.