Rough day at work? You might not feel like exercising
Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven’t the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?
A study published Sept. 29 in the research journal Psychology and Health reports that if you use your willpower to do one task, it depletes you of the willpower to do a totally different task.
A study reports that if you use your willpower to do one task, it depletes you of the willpower to do a totally different task, such as exercising.
“Cognitive tasks, as well as emotional tasks such as regulating your emotions, can deplete your self-regulatory capacity to exercise,” said Kathleen Martin Ginis of McMaster University in Ontario, lead author of the study. “You only have so much willpower.”
