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Reframe Daily Labor as Exercise
Treat physically demanding work or routine activity as legitimate exercise by consciously labeling it as such and focusing on the health benefits it already provides. In the hotel-worker example, this simple mindset shift was linked to weight loss, lower blood pressure, and better body metrics without changing diet or adding workouts, likely because it changes how the body and brain respond to the same activity.
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“What we did was we took these women and we randomized them into two groups and we told half of them that their work was good exercise. In this case, it was true factual information.”
huberman · Essentials: Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance | Dr. Alia Crum · Sep 4, 2025 · 14:00 · open ↗
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