Life is busy, and we’ve all got too many things to remember to do. A tide of to-do lists washes over us daily. It’s hard enough remembering all the things we HAVE to do like… buying milk… or turning out the light… or emptying the dishwasher… or changing the oil. …
No wonder getting motivated to exercise is hard. New research suggests you’re not lazy, you’re just doing what eons of evolution want you to do: conserve energy. Thinking about exercising is literally harder for your brain, the researchers found.
We launched Racery back in 2014 to help individuals motivate each other, even when they weren’t exercising in the same physical location. Each person’s daily mileage was logged on a virtual route, and her/his rank was marked on a leaderboard. Later, companies and charities hosting virtual races for their staffers …
When some companies promote fitness by giving money and gift cards as rewards, they miss out on the most powerful motivator known to humankind: competition! New research by the University of Pennsylvania shows that simply putting people in a competition can nearly double their workout levels. “Competitive groups frame relationships …
A lot of runners I know say they came to running for the weight loss, then stayed for the sanity. This morning, trying to keep my legs turning over as I ran up a half-mile hill, I plugged into thinking (for the hundredth time?) about how important running is for …
A competition on a canyon road in Los Angeles proves once again that, no matter whether the finish line is online or on asphalt, racing is all in your head. Among hard-core road cyclists, virtual racing tool Strava is the gold standard for measuring day-to-day performance versus other athletes. For …
