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11 ways to boost your memory today

You don't have to struggle with your memory - try one of our top tips to boost your brain power

 
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Set yourself challenges

Your brain is a muscle and just like all muscles it needs exercise.

Set yourself challenges to remember something, such as the words to a song or a poem, 10 items that you’ve got in your fridge or five things that are on TV tonight.

And instead of relying on your phone to add things up try to do some mental arithmetic to get your grey matter working.

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darkmavis, 7 months

Your brain is NOT a muscle. Seriously. Whilst you can train your memory, your brain is in no way similar to a muscle - please don't publish such misinformation!

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