Every beginning is hard, and we’ve all experienced—whether when starting a diet or beginning to exercise—that the initial momentum lasts only for a while. SThen we find ourselves back at square one.
We assume that the reason you found this text and read it all the way to this point is that you actually want to be more active and achieve your goals. You’d like to stay on the path you’ve chosen and not stop halfway or even turn back. But life gets in the way. What can you do?
Why does life get in the way, and why do people decide to give up on their goals? This question fascinates many psychologists, including those at the University of Tartu.
If we could work out with you every day and count every bite you take, achieving your goals would be super easy—at least from our perspective. But it’s not possible to reach everyone that way, so we have to turn to technology to reach the masses.
FitQ is collaborating with Stebby and the Institute of Psychology at the University of Tartu to conduct a study examining the persistence of exercise motivation over time. The study is being advised and conducted with the assistance of Kenn Konstabel, Associate Professor of Personality and Health Psychology at the University of Tartu. We’re conducting an experiment and invite anyone interested to participate.
To make things even clearer—you, dear reader, are also welcome to participate.
First Step
As a participant in the experiment, you will choose one goal for yourself that you can achieve within two months.
Goal 1: Lose at least 5 kg
Goal 2: Do at least 30 push-ups
Goal 3: Run 5 km without stopping
Did any of these goals speak to you? Choose the one that’s right for you.
Step 2
Sign up to participate in our challenge. You can do this using the form at the end of this blog post.
Step 3
Now it’s our turn to step in. We won’t be nagging you to work out, we won’t sneak into your bedroom, we won’t hide your dishes in the kitchen, and we won’t eat the chocolate bar you stashed in the pantry. We won’t meet with you in person—or even virtually—even once. We only want 5 seconds of your time each day. Is it possible to achieve results in just 5 seconds? We’ll see.
We’ll send you details on exactly how this will work on the first day of the trial—Monday, March 1. Finally, after the 60-day trial, we’d like to email you just one question and receive a short answer from you. In total, we’d like to ask for about 10 minutes of your time over the course of two months—and the 2 minutes you spent reading this article are already included in that time. We’ll soon find out whether those 10 minutes are worth it for achieving your chosen goal and whether they’re helpful.
