Willpower-the ability to ignore temporary pleasure or discomfort to pursue a longer term goal. These challenges require inner strength, but where does it come from and why does this strength fluctuate. Willpower is not a personality trait, a skill, or virtue. It operates like a muscle and can be trained as one (Baumeister 2003).This strength model has important implications to fitness and wellness enthusiast who seek ways of developing tools to support positive lifestyle goals.
Willpower is in the mind and body, physiological changes that allow you to adapt to a challenge. The best known mind body response is the fight and flight response to danger, heart racing, blood pressure soaring and muscle tightening. The relaxation response, allows the body to respond to needs such as respiration, growth and restoration.
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