Your brain and body constantly recalibrate what ‘hard’ feels like. The effect of overcoming one small challenge can ripple forward, making the next challenge feel more doable and even rewarding.
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It’s not the same as pain tolerance, which measures how much pain someone can endure before they require relief.
There are many physiological and psychological reasons why exercise may boost our pain tolerance.
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