Weakness of Will and Fitness

Esplicito

How can we know the right thing for us to do and yet fail to do it?

For example pretty much everyone knows it's better to:

-exercise rather than not exercise

-eat healthy food vs eating processed food

-not smoke vs. smoke

And yet there are literally millions of people who don't exercise, eat junk food, and smoke. How is this possible? This is the central discussion of this episode.

It's an extremely relevant question today for the health and fitness industry but the question goes all the way back to Plato and Aristotle and the idea of "akrasia" or weakness of will. Plato and Aristotle wondered why it is that someone can know the right, rational, or better thing for them to do to lead a happy life and yet fail to do it.

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