Are You Addicted to Exercise?

<p>Support the show at Patreon.com/yourdietsucks</p><p>&quot;No days off&quot; is a slogan, a t-shirt, and a diagnostic criterion, depending on who&#39;s reading it.</p><p>This week: exercise addiction. Whether it&#39;s real, whether &quot;addiction&quot; is even the right word, and why the whole concept was popularized by a psychiatrist who also thought clinical depression was a choice you could simply make differently.</p><p>We trace it from a 1970 sleep study that fell apart because the researcher couldn&#39;t find enough people willing to stop exercising for thirty days, to the 1976 book that told a generation being hooked on running was a personality upgrade, to the 1983 paper that could only make men&#39;s version legible by borrowing the vocabulary of anorexia.</p><p>Plus: what the prevalence research actually shows, why the brain-imaging literature fits in a three-ring binder, and four ways to tell dedication from compulsion that have nothing to do with your weekly mileage.</p><p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p><p>This episode is brought to you by <strong>rabbit</strong>, whose new women&#39;s collection is built for people who actually run in it. <a href="https://runinrabbit.com/collections/womens-new">⁠runinrabbit.com/collections/womens-new⁠</a>, code <strong>SUMMERSNACKS10 </strong>for 10% off.</p><p><strong>Tailwind Nutrition</strong> got us through this one. <a href="https://tailwindnutrition.com">⁠tailwindnutrition.com⁠</a>, code <strong>YOURDIET20</strong> for 20% off.</p><p><strong>Microcosm Coaching</strong> works with athletes who want to train and fuel without the shame spiral. <a href="https://microcosm-coaching.com">⁠microcosm-coaching.com⁠</a></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>Every episode and full transcripts: <a href="https://yourdietsuckspodcast.com/your-diet-sucks-podcast">⁠yourdietsuckspodcast.com/your-diet-sucks-podcast⁠</a></p><p>Bonus episodes, Kylee&#39;s weekly nutrition question thread, and a group chat that will never try to sell you a binder: <a href="https://patreon.com/YourDietSucks">⁠patreon.com/YourDietSucks⁠</a></p><p><br></p>