2795: How Temptation Bundling Can Help Build Healthier Habits by Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness on Exercise Motivation

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2795: Steve Kamb of NerdFitness.com introduces temptation bundling, a strategy to pair things you enjoy with tasks you need to do, like exercising while watching your favorite show. This clever method helps kick-start healthier habits by making the process more enjoyable and sustainable, offering a practical way to bridge the gap between what we want and what we need to accomplish. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/too-lazy-to-work-out-try-temptation-bundling/ Quotes to ponder: “Ultimately, you combine something that needs to be done with something you want to do.” “We use temptation bundling to get us started, and then use drive to keep us going.” Episode references: Holding The Hunger Games Hostage at the Gym: An Evaluation of Temptation Bundling: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4381662 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.4	How Temptation Bundling can help build healthier habits.
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0:58.7	How Temptation Bundling Can Help Build Healthier Habits by Steve Cam of nerdfitness.com.
1:06.5	How did I just watch 10 episodes of Bridgerton? I have stuff to do. We've all been there.
1:12.9	There are the things we know we should do, the things we need to do, and the things that we want
1:18.4	to do. More often than not, the want wins out over the need and should. It's like trying to win
1:25.4	a tug-of-war against a tractor pulling in the opposite direction.
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