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How comparison poison ruins the joy of movement

I keep comparing my progress to other people at the gym and it makes me hate working out even though I used to love it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shift from internal satisfaction to external measurement has corrupted the intrinsic pleasure that originally motivated engagement.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

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