by Janet Huehls | May 21, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
Over the past eight weeks, we’ve been sorting through the information about exercise that is meant to motivate, but in the end, drains motivation. We are led to believe you: Need someone to motivate you Should exercise Can get quick and amazing results Need lots...
by Janet Huehls | May 13, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
Thanks to technology, information about how many calories you burn with exercise can be right at your fingertips. Burning calories can feel motivating, especially when you see how many calories are in certain foods. Yikes! I ate 1000 calories last night and only...
by Janet Huehls | May 6, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
In this series, we’ve looked at how the flood of exercise information has had little effect on the drought of exercise motivation. Fitness marketers know that consistency builds trust. They rely on the fact that when our brain hears and sees the same thing over...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 29, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
There is one source of information we receive that is intended to motivate, but creates a slow, invisible leak of our motivation. It starts the moment we are born with What a good baby, and continues in school, Why did you get such bad grades this year? It is infused...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 22, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
Have you seen these “inspirational” fitness quotes in the popular media? Better sore, than sorry Sweat is just fat crying Sore, the most satisfying pain Wake up. Work out. Kick ass. Repeat. Winners make goals, losers make excuses Making excuses burns zero...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 15, 2018 | Turning Exercise Information into Motivation Series
We are flooded with advice on how to get motivated for exercise. There are a wide variety of tricks to choose from: fitness devices, trainers, exercise partners, structured programs, competitions and challenges. They certainly work, for a while anyway. Then something...
