We’ve all been there before – your training plan for the day calls for a tough exercise session, but you’re just too mentally exhausted to workout.
Perhaps you had a stressful day at work, a tough day with the kids or too many exhausting mental tasks to handle.
Maybe you actually do make it to your workout, but your thinking is so fuzzy and your brain is so tired that all you can do is slog away junk mileage on the treadmill or bike, or swim lazy laps in the pools.
This lack of motivation isn’t a figment of your imagination.
Studies have actually shown that the type of exhaustion that accompanies difficult mental tasks (i.e. a hard day at work) can indeed decrease exercise motivation and performance. This problem can be compounded if the neurons in your brain are sluggishly transmitting signals due to fatty acid deficiencies; your motivating neurotransmitters like dopamine and glutamate are low due to underproduction of a compound called acetylcholine; or your mind is simply not trained to handle complex tasks.
But the good news is that by using practical lifestyle tips, supplements and brain training, you can hack your mind to not only become smarter, but also to improve exercise motivation.
In this article, you’ll learn about how to get your brain to operate at peak efficiency so that you can not only get yourself out to the door to exercise, but also live your entire life at peak mental efficiency.
