"Fitspiration"

[shirgall]

http://shreddedbyscience.com/why-fitspiration-is-killing-your-motivation/

 

This article is pretty long but delves deeply into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, which was a fun topic here more than once.

 

My favorite quote:

How Can We Enhance Intrinsic Motivation?

Put simply, anything that increases an individual’s feelings of competence, relatedness or autonomy – positive feedback on work, pointing out to someone that they’ve done well on something because of a decision they made, and providing an environment for an activity that allows someone to feel connected to other people.

 

Positive feedback is especially powerful if it is unexpected.