{"id":49656,"date":"2017-07-12T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/?p=49656"},"modified":"2017-07-12T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T06:50:19","slug":"trick-yourself-into-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/health\/mind-soul\/trick-yourself-into-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearing Workout Gears Will Trick Yourself Into Enjoying Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular exercise is great for keeping you fit and healthy. Most of us, despite knowing the benefits of exercises, some people have a hard time making exercise part of their routine. So how do you counter that?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0180434#sec002\" target=\"_blank\">a new study from the University of Freiberg<\/a> in Germany, researchers have found that there are ways to trick yourself to start enjoying exercise more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11818\" style=\"width: 822px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425.jpg\" alt=\"Image: divinewellbeing.com.au\" width=\"822\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425-696x360.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20150421221523-health-exercise-beach-yoga-female-woman-relax-peaceful-happy-laughing-822x425-812x420.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: divinewellbeing.com.au<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A total number of 78 men and women, aged between 18 and 32, were instructed to wear a sleeveless compression shirt made by a \u201cwell-known sporting goods manufacturer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The respondents were then randomly shown short videos which emphasize the benefits of cycling and wearing the compression shirt, before cycling on a stationary bike at a moderate intensity for half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Every five minutes the cyclists were asked what level of exertion they were experiencing and how they rated the exercise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19647\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/water-drinking-e1462275563938.jpg\" alt=\"Image: starwellness.sg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"712\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: starwellness.sg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The study\u2019s lead author, psychologist Hendrik Mothes and his team found that the respondents who had been primed about the benefits of cycling rated the test less strenuous and the more athletic the respondents perceived themselves to be, the stronger this effect was.<\/p>\n<p>He explained, &#8220;Merely the belief that the shirt would help, did help the \u2018unsporty\u2019 subjects to have a lower perception of strenuousness during the exercise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, when you&#8217;re just embarking on your fitness journey, sometimes it can be smart to enlist help from supposedly useful sports items.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the physical active respondents didn\u2019t benefit much from the compression shirt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18539\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Bella-Twins-Workout-Routine.jpg\" alt=\"Image: wzronline.com\" width=\"800\" 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great sportsmen and women, the right product really can make sport more pleasant \u2014 if only you believe in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/health\/diet-nutrition\/italian-study-says-eating-pasta-leads-to-lower-bmi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Italian Study Says Eating Pasta Leads To Lower BMI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Cover Image:\u00a0onnit.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular exercise is great for keeping you fit and healthy. 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