How to reset your Health Habits with me (!) and Kayla Itsines
Oct 3, 2024
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In this engaging conversation, fitness expert Kayla Itsines shares her journey as a fitspo star and co-founder of Sweat. She dives into innovative strategies for resetting health habits, including the powerful techniques of habit stacking and temptation bundling. Kayla also addresses phone addiction, offering practical solutions for breaking free from distractions. With an emphasis on combining pleasure with exercise, she encourages cultivating positive habits for women's health, making fitness enjoyable and sustainable.
Understanding and overcoming barriers to habit change, like motivation and environment, is essential for achieving health goals.
Implementing strategies like habit stacking and temptation bundling can make integrating new health habits into daily life more enjoyable.
Deep dives
Overcoming Habit Barriers
Understanding the barriers to changing a habit is crucial for success. Four main barriers are discussed: motivation, relational, environmental, and cognitive. Motivation refers to the desire to change, often hindered by addictive distractions like social media. Relational barriers occur when social norms, such as partners also being phone-dependent, reinforce the habit, while environmental barriers focus on the physical availability of the phone, making it harder to resist. Lastly, cognitive barriers stem from fatigue, which reduces the ability to establish new habits.
Strategies for Building New Habits
Habit stacking is a recommended strategy for integrating new behaviors into daily routines. This technique involves associating a new habit with an existing one, making it easier to remember and implement. For example, someone could decide to do a set of squats while waiting for their coffee to brew, using that time efficiently for physical activity. By starting with manageable tasks and gradually increasing the effort, individuals can cultivate a more active lifestyle without feeling overwhelmed.
Motivation through Temptation Bundling
Temptation bundling is an effective method for motivating behavior change by pairing an enjoyable activity with a less desirable one. For instance, combining exercise with watching a favorite show, like a reality program, makes the workout more appealing. This strategy turns a potentially daunting task into something pleasurable, increasing the likelihood of consistency in the new habit. By creating positive associations, individuals can enjoy their routines while working towards their health goals.
A few months ago, Sweat co-founder and fitspo star Kayla Itsines invited me on her podcast Sweat Daily to talk all about habits. And Kayla has kindly given me the interview to share with you guys! We discuss how to hack your health habits - through breaking down barriers, habit stacking and a technique called temptation bundling.
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