Rich Bello argues that exercise becomes habitual when you actually enjoy it. Pick activities you like, use music to boost enjoyment, join leagues for the social part, and lean into routines until skipping feels wrong.
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The exercise principle is it's usually where people think about what people think about when thinking about health. Like, health. That's it. Exercise, right? So much more. And it's really, really important. Of course, it's just one of the 10 principles that we talk about. So I think the key to exercise is doing something that you enjoy, right? Figuring out something that you enjoy. So. And there are different ways to do it. One of my favorite coaches, Tony, I would talk about, if you're going to do something, you have a goal, always add to it. How can I do this right? How can I run and then add to it and enjoy the process? Always add to how, because your brain is right, Your brain is still the best computer that there is. AI is catching up, but humans are still, still is catching up, going to get ideas from it, but always add, how can I, you know, how can I exercise and enjoy them? There's so many different ways to enjoy the process. So for instance, you like running or whatever. Music. Music really gets you there. So that. And then you can become even addicted to it. A lot of people talk about, you know, this runner's high and, you know, all those things. These are things that are good to be addicted to, meaning they are routines. They are habitual. If you don't do them, you feel lousy, like, oh, my God, I didn't exercise. I've got to get my exercise in. So I think that's one of the, you know, one of the big keys to exercise is figuring out something that you enjoy the process. Sign up. I love basketball. Sign up for a league. You go, great exercise and you're having fun and you're getting the social benefits that, you know, that we talked about definitely before. That's also healthy. So how do you do it, you know, and enjoy the process?
