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Can trying to meet specific exercise goals put us off being active altogether?

  • Written by Christian Swann, Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
imageExercise practitioners and personal trainers are taught to help us set goals.from shutterstock.com

Encouraging people to meet specific fitness goals when they are new to exercising can be ineffective. In fact, it may even make it harder to become active, according to an editorial published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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