Ah, Those New Year’s Resolutions
205 sedentary adults were encouraged to begin an exercise program. At 6 months, about half had done so, but by 12 months, about a third of those people had stopped.
People with a home exercise machine were 73 percent more likely to start exercising. But by the end of the year, they were also 12 percent more likely to have quit than people in the study who did not have home equipment.
Study here [gated, but with abstract]. Tara Parker-Pope commentary here.
We needed a study to tell us these things? Why do I suspect they probably got a grant and used taxpayer dollars to fund this project.