So if you do not crave exercise (like me) you are officially off the hook. These findings suggest that the desire to be active or indolent is, to some extent, inherited. When researchers compared physical activity patterns among family members, and particularly among twins, they found that close relations tend to work out similarly, exercising about as much or as little as their parents or siblings do, even if they grew up in different environments. Or Not.”, Gretchen Reynolds writes about how for some time, exercise scientists have suspected that the motivation to exercise-or not-must have a genetic component. In a New York Times Well blog post titled “Why We are Motivated to Exercise. To view more articles in the series, click here. Editor's Note: This is the latest in our Physician Fitness series.
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