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Struggling to find the willpower to get to the gym? You may be thinking about willpower backwards.

A region of the brain called the anterior mid-cingulate cortex (aMCC) plays an important role in tenacity, persistence and our ability to push through resistance. In other words, it’s an important part of the brain circuitry involved in what we think of as “willpower.”

Research suggests this area is highly plastic, meaning it can change and develop over time based on how we use it.

And one of the things associated with strengthening it? Choosing to do something difficult that you don’t want to do.

You can think of the aMCC almost like your willpower muscle: repeatedly choosing the path of least resistance doesn’t train it. Choosing to push through resistance does.

So on the days you really don’t feel like working out, showing up anyway isn’t just *using* your willpower.

It may actually be helping you *build* more of it. 🔥

Want to dive deeper? Dr. Andrew Huberman has a great podcast episode called How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity, and T.J. Power explores this concept and other ways our daily behaviors affect our brain chemistry in The DOSE Effect.

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