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You know the feeling. 4.30am. The alarm goes off. Class is at 5am. The version of you who booked it last night is a stranger.

As much as gym junkies will love to tell you that this is laziness, or proof you don’t really want it. It’s actually quite normal, and how the brain works.

The motivation we’ve been told to wait for, that energising feeling that makes you bounce out of bed and into a class, isn’t a reliable starting point for anything. One, because its fleeting and two, because motivation usually follows action, not the other way around. You don’t feel like moving and then move. You move, and then feel like it. Think about it, once you are in the class that resistance that you had prior disappears and doing ‘the thing’ is way easier than you built up in your head. 

Whilst this is great information, it’s absolutely no help for the 4.30am version of you. 

You walk into class feeling flat. Maybe it’s been a long day, your head is full, and honestly, part of you considered not coming. Then 45 minutes later, you’re walking out feeling lighter. Clearer. Like something shifted.
That’s not a coincidence. And it’s definitely not just endorphins.
There’s a lot happening inside your brain during a group fitness class, and the research behind it is genuinely fascinating. Here’s what’s actually going on.

You walk into class feeling flat. Maybe it’s been a long day, your head is full, and honestly, part of you considered not coming. Then 45 minutes later, you’re walking out feeling lighter. Clearer. Like something shifted.
That’s not a coincidence. And it’s definitely not just endorphins.
There’s a lot happening inside your brain during a group fitness class, and the research behind it is genuinely fascinating. Here’s what’s actually going on.