The Complex Psychology of Why Everyone Quits the Gym
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As a recently-reformed, professional gym-quitter, I’ve tried everything under the sun for 10 years to try and get myself motivated to work out. And always failed. 10 months into my newfound gym consistency and exercise enjoyment, I re-approached the psychological theories of behavioural change and execise enoyment with a fresh eye (and patience), and summarised the main learning points here. I hope they help explain why quitting the gym is so easy (beyond the usual suspects of laziness and self-hatred) and why quitting, in the case of exercise, might be more of a rational choice than we think. Hope anything here helps for any sort of new habit or behaviour you want to create!
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0:00 Intro
3:41 Copilot
6:44 The Trans-Theoretical Model of Behavioural Change
13:10 Exercise Enjoyment
18:40 Supercharging Motivation
21:15 The Danger of Stupid Goals
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