Why You Should Change Your Exercise Routine—and How to Do It

The alarm clock blares, and you reach for your running shoes without thinking about it. Next thing you know, you’re jogging through your neighborhood on the same route as every other morning.

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Katy Milkman, an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, studies these types of changes, called temptation bundling. The added pieces “complement your workout in ways that make the activity more enjoyable,” she says, boosting average weekly workouts by 10-12%. When you tire of a podcast, picking a new one is easier than upsetting the whole exercise apple cart. “Variety is created through shifting the bundle,” says Milkman, author of the book How to Change. 

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