My speed-dating is a little rusty, but I'm looking forward to this APPAN meeting!

That's a W.E.I.R.D. pool of participants (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic)! If you look at anthropologic studies, you see that people moved for fun or out of necessity. W.E.I.R.D. societies managed to make exercise not fun and unnecessary...

I must admit, the most fun part of creating an online quit smoking program is adding funny gifs.

A review of reviews examining the effects of contextual factors in physical activity interventions on mental health and wellbeing; sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#Fitspiration content lowers perceived sexual attractiveness in women, an effect mediated by poor body satisfaction. Fitspiration content is supposed to "inspire." Instead, it's destroying self-esteem. 🔓pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34170526/ #mentalhealth #fitness

"The runners’ reasons for running helped us to interpret changes in their experiences through time. Meaningful reasons helped runners to learn that they can run, prioritise running, and prevent life getting in the way."

🚨1 WEEK TO GO🚨 Our next members meeting is on the 29th September, 2pm-3pm. The topic this month is on self-care and we are very excited to have Leigh Martin, Hannah Prince and Issy Simms join us. Email [email protected] for the zoom link!

A shocking promotion of Coca-Cola by the french Minister of Sports ! Yet there was a tremendous opportunity to spread a real public health message by finally refusing sponsorship of the Olympic Games by a food company that is wreaking nutritional havoc around the world...

The core question of identity is not who others think you should be. It's who you aspire to be. 70 studies: Mental health depends more on living up to your ideals than to others' expectations. Closing the gap between your actions and your values is a source of well-being.

This video from Norwich City FC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.

“The Entangled Brain: How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together” by Luiz Pessoa is FREELY available at the link below: doi.org/10.7551/mitpre…

After 3 years at Rogue/@KOI, working with LEC & R6 team, now exploring options for a new challenge. Looking for: Performance Coach position Accredited in applied sport psychology & experience working w/ variety of sports. Via DM or [email protected] RTs appreciated💜

Who needs nature? This interesting study looks at how exposure to nature at work satisfies employees’ psychological needs and positively affects their subsequent task performance and prosocial behavior psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-89…

Peak bullshit academic publishing system is authors having to ask over twitter/X for someone to send them a full text copy of their just published article.

Remember: Manuscripts are *closely* scrutinized by at least two peer reviewers, then carefully read by at least one editor, then inspected with a fine-tooth comb by a qualified copyeditor, and finally the galley proofs are double-triple checked by the authors one last time.

"For optimal long-term adherence, physical activity recommendations should also be based on psychology. Affective responses prove to be a relevant influencing factor: when individuals experience physical activities as pleasant, they will maintain it in the longer term."

Exercise science has lost the communication and marketing battle. We have to do better than this. We should be better than this.

From the report: “We need to find innovative ways to motivate people to be more active, considering factors like age, environment, and cultural background. By making physical activity accessible, affordable, and enjoyable for all, (...)”