You've packed your gym bag. You have every intention of going. And somehow ... you don't. Again.
If you've been blaming willpower or discipline, this episode is going to reframe that completely. Today I'm breaking down the science of why your feelings are running your training behaviour, and why that's actually good news.
We get into the Affect and Health Behavior Framework, a research model that maps out exactly how your emotional state influences whether you exercise or not, why the version of the gym session in your head is almost always worse than the reality, the genetic finding that explains why some people find movement easier than others; and it has nothing to do with character.
This one is for anyone who knows what they should be doing and can't figure out why they're not doing it.
Resources:
Stevens, C. J., Baldwin, A. S., Bryan, A. D., Conner, M., Rhodes, R. E., & Williams, D. M. (2020). Affective determinants of physical activity: A conceptual framework and narrative review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 568331. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568331