Why do some people love working out while others hate it?
The difference isn't discipline, and mostly it isn't personality either. It's that the two groups are having measurably different physiological experiences — and one of them has been training above a threshold where enjoyment becomes almost impossible for anybody.
read → 9 min 02What increases adherence in individuals as it relates to exercise?
Motivation is the worst predictor of long-term training we have, and it's the one everyone optimises for. What actually survives contact with a bad month: self-efficacy, automaticity, identity, and how far away the gym is.
read → 9 min 03The damaging effect of social media on your fitness progress
Not the self-esteem argument — the performance one. Constant upward comparison degrades self-efficacy, distorts your sense of a normal rate of progress, and pushes you into permanent programme-hopping. It costs you actual muscle.
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