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Willpower & exercise

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How to Increase Willpower and Self-Control to Achieve Your Goals

This video covers ways to improve your willpower and self-control. According to studies willpower is the number one thing people are missing when it comes to achieving their goals.

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The Psychology of Willpower: Training the Brain for Better Decisions

In 2011, 27% of the respondents of the Stress in America survey reported a lack of willpower as the greatest obstacle to change.

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The Superhuman World of Wim Hof: The Iceman

Wim Hof first caught the attention of scientists when he proved he was able to use meditation to stay submerged in ice for 1 hour and 53 minutes without his core body temperature changing.

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5 Surprising Facts About Willpower

If only you had more willpower, you would easily stick to your diet or exercise program, right? Nope. It turns out you need a lot more than willpower to do things like that.

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Willpower - Scientifically Proven Techniques to Increase Willpower

How strong is your willpower? Are you often disappointed in your failure to resist your lower urges? Your willpower, controlled by your prefrontal cortex, can both be strengthened with use, just as can your body's muscles.

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Self-Discipline in Eating and Exercising

No one can force you to eat right and exercise, so you must use self-discipline to get up off the couch and throw away that bag of chips.

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How Rich Roll Uses Meditation to Run and Run and Run

This ultra-athlete makes 320-mile races feel a little easier with Headspace. Learn to meditate in ten minutes a day with the Headspace app.

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How Exercise Might Increase Your Self-Control

A new study suggests that exercise might be a simple if unexpected way to increase our willpower and perhaps help us to avoid making impulsive choices that we will later regret.

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