Sometimes people lose motivation. You decide you want to do something, you start doing it, but then the initial excitement dies down and you quit. For example, sometimes you stop working on your website. I like to think lost motivation happens to all of us, but I can only speak from personal experience. This blog […]
We have all done it. You mean to go to the gym or workout, but you find yourself lounging on the couch instead. You tell yourself you are going to eat healthy this week, but then someone brings donuts into work. The problem is after one of these slip ups, people tend to beat themselves […]
When I refer to a Dopamine loop, I’m talking about the thing that makes us keep doing something without even thinking about it. Think playing candy crush or angry birds for hours and hours without regard for the time. There are triggers in those game that give you a little reward, and with it, a […]
Ten out of ten doctors agree that eating is good for you. People focus on weight as though it were the only measure of fitness. It’s not. Weight is just one of many ways to measure fitness. Weight is just a number. For many people, right after they start working out, they actually gain weight. […]
There is a stigma to working out. There are a number of people who see exercise as something only jocks do, and they think all jocks are dumb tools. I think it goes back to high school cliques. If you think critically for a moment, the idea is ridiculous. I’m not saying there aren’t some […]
There is a strong link between anger and motivation, and nobody generates anger like nerds. Nerd rage, when unchecked, can be powerful, debilitating and embarrassing. I speak from experience. I’m ashamed to say, I recently got so mad about some silly app on my phone that I threw it against the wall and broke it. […]
High Intensity interval training, aka HIIT, is the cornerstone of a lot of recent exercise programs. Generally, it combines short intervals of intense activity with less intense periods in between. This can be adapted to most types of cardiovascular exercise, like running, swimming, biking etc. A number of studies suggest HIIT is one of the […]
There are countless exercise programs and gadgets for you to buy. The Fitness industry generates 80 billion globally every year. Millions of people are looking for ways to get in shape and plenty of gurus are busy inventing new and exciting ways to profit from that. We all know the trope of the before and […]
Fitness is all about staying motivated. How you exercise isn’t anywhere near as important as how often you exercise. I write a lot about how fitness video games are great at helping people stay motivated, but I also recognize that some people aren’t that interested in being gamers. I know the gamer culture can be […]
I’m in the best shape of my life, and I owe it all to video games. To most people reading this that probably sounds ridiculous. Playing video games and working out seem antithetical, but the two things meld together better than you might think. I have come to believe that in the not too distant future […]