Boost Your Workout: The Power of Ditching Your Phone Before Training

Here is a free, simple, and evidence-based way to significantly improve your performance in your next training or exercise session. Put your phone away at least 30mins before you begin. 

A growing body of evidence indicates that the mental fatigue caused by social media engagement is enough to impair our strength, speed, and endurance. The reason is that physical and mental performances are both regulated centrally, by the brain.

Compared with passive media viewing (e.g., watching tv), social media places a substantial load on systems involved in perception, attention, memory, emotional-regulation, and decision-making. Like muscles, our brains require time to recover from these bouts of mental strain. 

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.