{"id":833573,"date":"2026-07-29T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833573\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:56:08","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-apparently-the-secret-to-a-better-workout-is-sniffing-chocolate-%f0%9f%8d%ab%f0%9f%92%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833573\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f APPARENTLY&#8230; THE SECRET TO A BETTER WORKOUT IS&#8230; SNIFFING CHOCOLATE? \ud83c\udf6b\ud83d\udcaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally&#8230; a fitness study I can get behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers have discovered that\u00a0simply smelling chocolate\u00a0before a workout could actually help you squeeze out more reps at the gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the study, 23 men who hadn&#8217;t eaten for at least 10 hours sniffed three different scents between sets:\u00a0dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and plain water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/1075koolfm.com\/whats-the-best-type-of-filling-in-a-box-of-chocolates\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/1075koolfm.com\/whats-the-best-type-of-filling-in-a-box-of-chocolates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s the Best Type of Filling in a Box of Chocolates?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results? The guys who smelled\u00a0dark chocolate\u00a0managed to crank out\u00a0about 18 more leg-extension reps\u00a0than when they sniffed water. Milk chocolate helped too, adding about nine extra reps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even stranger, they said the workout didn&#8217;t feel any harder. And here&#8217;s the twist&#8230; after smelling dark chocolate, they actually felt\u00a0less hungry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers think your brain catches that rich, bitter chocolate aroma and basically says, &#8220;Relax&#8230; dessert&#8217;s coming,&#8221; even though it never actually arrives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So apparently your nose can catfish your stomach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only problem is&#8230; if I smell chocolate before a workout, there&#8217;s about a 99 per cent chance I&#8217;m skipping leg day and heading straight to the nearest convenience store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, if all it takes to improve my fitness is standing outside a chocolate shop and breathing deeply&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I&#8217;ve finally found an exercise routine I won&#8217;t quit. \ud83c\udf6b\ud83c\udfcb\ufe0f\ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this article?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finally&#8230; a fitness study I can get behind. Researchers have discovered that\u00a0simply smelling chocolate\u00a0before a workout could actually&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-833573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}