Why Is It Hard to Motivate Myself to Exercise?
Regular exercise keeps brain and body well oiled, yet for many of us, the promise of a healthier, happier life isn’t enough to free us from the pull of the couch.
Running on a treadmill, going nowhere, endlessly pounding and staring at the same wall—it can seem like cruel torture, and that’s because it originally was. Long before gyms, in the 1800s, treadmills started out as a punishment for troublesome prison inmates.
Criminal or not, if you consider yourself an exercise sluggard, then it may be in part due to your genes. We think we are masters of our own destiny, yet around half of your personality and temperament—including whether you enjoy or fear the treadmill—is inherited ...
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