3. Motivation and Discipline : Finding the right balance. | Dr Cyril Forestier

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast)

In #3rd episode of joyful. I meet with Dr Cyril Forestier in Grenoble, France. Cyril has a PhD in Sports science titled: Beliefs and self-control on individuals with cardiovascular diseases. He obtained his degree at the University of Grenoble Alpes and he followed his career in academia for the next couple of years, working on engagement in healthy behaviours such as, for instance, physical activity or food choices. In May 2023, he decided to quit academia and started his own business. Passionate about trail running and sports, he is now a personal trainer and the author of Courir Mieux (@courir_mieux) , a blog, website, instagram and podcast, where he brings you information about trail and good training practices.

In our conversation we discuss the lights and shadows of working in academia, Cyril's personal experiences working at university and his reasons for quitting. We talk about the topic of his research - self control and how it may help us in maintaining a healthy training routine. We discuss  the concepts of ego depletion and willpower, and Cyril shares a scientific perspective, on the difficulty of choice between what's good for us and what may be bad, but remains tempting (e.g. going for a run VS watching TV and eating pizza 😊 ).  

🫴🏼 Do we have limited willpower resources? 
🍕 "If I workout, I can indulge and eat delicious pizza" - is it a correct way of thinking?
🪄 Which articles should I trust? What is wrong with science? How to understand scientific methodology and why it's so important. 

00:00:57 Guest presentation
00:02:46 Career Path, Sport achievements and Life Balance
00:17:46 Career in Academia and Good Research Practices
00:28:01 Compensatory Health Beliefs in Healthy Behaviour
00:34:41 Self Control
00:43:16 Motivation
00:45:52 Support Us
00:46:28 Ego Depletion and Baumeister et al. study (1998) and its issues
01:04:16 Cognitive Ressources: Applying Models in Real Life
01:09:01 Daily life strategies & Tips for Motivation
01:16:09 Work as a personal trainer, trail and GR20

Find Cyril Forestier online:
Website Courir Mieux
📸 Instagram @courir_mieux
▶️ YouTube Courir Mieux

#HitTheBooks
Cookies&Radishes study
Baumeister, R. F., Bratslavsky, E., Muraven, M., & Tice, D. M. (1998). Ego depletion : Is the active self a limited resource ? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(5), 1252‑1265. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.5.1252
Dr Cyril Forestier research papers

Chapters

• 0:57 Guest presentation
• 2:46 Career Path, Sport achievements and Life Balance
• 17:46 Career in Academia and Good Research Practices
• 28:01 Compensatory Health Beliefs in Healthy Behaviour
• 34:41 Self Control
• 43:26 Motivation
• 45:52 Support Us
• 46:28 Ego Depletion and Baumeister et al. study (1998) and its issues
• 1:08:45 Daily life strategies & Tips for Motivation
• 1:16:09 Work as a personal trainer, trail and GR20
• 1:20:16 Cognitive Ressources: Applying Models in Real Life