The Complex Psychology of Why Everyone Quits the Gym

Check my Copilot link to get 14 days free with your own personal trainer! To get a free summary of the book I mentioned, Algorithms to live by - Brian Christian, you can use my link here: As a recently-reformed, professional gym-quitter, I’ve tried everything under the sun for 10 years to try and get myself motivated to work out. And always failed. 10 months into my newfound gym consistency and exercise enjoyment, I re-approached the psychological theories of behavioural change and execise enoyment with a fresh eye (and patience), and summarised the main learning points here. I hope they help explain why quitting the gym is so easy (beyond the usual suspects of laziness and self-hatred) and why quitting, in the case of exercise, might be more of a rational choice than we think. Hope anything here helps for any sort of new habit or behaviour you want to create! To make your life easier: 0:00 Intro 3:41 Copilot 6:44 The Trans-Theoretical Model of Behavioural Change 13:10 Exercise Enjoyment 18:40 Supercharging Motivation 21:15 The Danger of Stupid Goals WHO AM I: I’m Elizabeth, a medical student, painter and Podcaster in London. I love to think and talk about life, art, medicine, books and meaning. And also how to find the time to do those things. If you’d like to watch me paint and talk about life, I do that on my podcast () and if you’d like to read my thoughts and book notes, I have a newsletter you can join (). 👽 My Book on Organised Chaos: How to Succeed Without Habits or Consistency: 🧠 My Notion Templates to Work Better With Yourself: If you want to stay in touch: 💌 My Newsletter - 🎙My Podcast - 📕 My Book Club - 📸 My Instagram - 💻 My Website - 🐥 My Twitter - Or leave a comment, I (try to) read 100% of comments :)