, though, shows that learning how much we actually move by tracking our steps could help us start thinking of ourselves as active people, which can pay health dividends, even if we don’t start exercising more.wore tracking watches for four weeks. One group was given a watch that wildly inflated step counts — instead of averaging 7,000 steps, they thought they walked 9,800.
Those volunteers who had gotten accurate counts and also been taught about mind-sets showed even greater gains in their emotional well-being and sense of being physically capable. Their Activity Adequacy Mind-set scores also were highest. The study shows that our mind-sets about our exercise habits “can change our motivation and goals,” even if those mind-sets don’t reflect reality, said Alia Crum, an associate professor of psychology and director of theWhen hotel workers find out they are fit
But Crum and her colleagues pointed out to half of the women that they were quite active. Their work activities — vacuuming, changing sheets, lifting, scrubbing — counted as exercise. The women exceeded the formal exercise guidelines that suggest half an hour of exercise a day.A month later, those attendants’ body weights, body fat and blood pressures had all dropped, even though nothing in their lives had changed, except their mind-sets.
The problem is that many exercise incorrectly and negatively
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OR, you could turn off all your screens, get off your butt and go outside for a 4 mile walk