Here is your Monday Motivation! Line Up Reinforcements - Who is your support team? Research points to another psychological factor that affects your drive to work out: your pride. According to Penn State researchers,simply having a supportive friend, family member, or significant other makes you more likely to stick with your fitness regimen. Participants who started a new workout plan with a partner cheering them on logged more exercise hours than people who lacked this support. This kind of help has an intrinsic effect too: A new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows that when you share a triumph with someone else—like finishing a 5-K or even surviving one killer abs class—and they respond enthusiastically, your perceived value of that event increases and you may become more invested in it. Another persons enthusiasm can help people feel valued, says lead researcher Harry Reis, Ph.D., a psychology professor at the University of Rochester. Plus, he adds, by sharing workout successes, youre cementing the (perhaps once elusive) idea that exercising is part of your core identity, which can help you stay on that path. #tnfh #livingfit365 #mondaymotivation
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:02:26 +0000
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