Have you ever had feelings of anxiety related to exercise or have dreaded engaging in exercise? With the new year in full swing, these may be feelings that you are experiencing, and with this episode, we want to provide all the information that you will need to not only make exercise a part of your lifestyle, but will hopefully help you see exercise in a positive light. We will dive into some research surrounding the topic and work together to create a plan of action to implement some key takeaways. We are going to round out the episode with the Spotify Release Radar Song of the Week where we will discuss one of our favorite songs released this week. We hope you find value in this episode!

Resources: 

• Efficacy and causal mechanism of an online social media intervention to increase physical activity: Results of a randomized controlled trial - ScienceDirect
• Physical activity in adolescents: analysis of the social influence of parents and friends - ScienceDirect
• Hard-Wired to Hate Exercise? - WSJ
• Exercise does not feel the same when you are overweight: the impact of self-selected and imposed intensity on affect and exertion | International Journal of Obesity (nature.com)
• Why are some groups physically active and others not? A contrast group analysis in leisure settings - PMC (nih.gov)
• Have adults lost their sense of play? An observational study of the social dynamics of physical (in)activity in German and Hawaiian leisure settings - PMC (nih.gov)
• How do obese individuals perceive and respond to the different types of obesity stigma that they encounter in their daily lives? A qualitative study - ScienceDirect

Song of the Week:
PURE HEAVEN by Cloudsight, Victor Borba, and Rory Rodriguez

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