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Does Scrolling While Lifting Affect Your Performance? What the Research Says

· 20 min · Episode 139

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Does scrolling on social media while lifting actually affect your performance?
We answer a listener question about whether checking your phone before and during a workout can influence your lifts, breaking down current research on social media, mental fatigue, bar velocity, and exercise performance. We also explore why scrolling may affect higher-repetition training differently than a single heavy lift—and why purposeful training requires more than simply showing up to work out.In this episode, we cover:

• Does scrolling on social media before lifting actually affect your performance?
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