If the task is mindless, for example 30 burpees to finish a session, then extrinsic rewards can work. One of the rewards I would often give my clients is a stretch at the end of their session. When I see they are about to quit during a mindless finisher I would say “if you stop, we don’t stretch”. The reward of a stretch only offered in return for completion of a mindless task doesn’t do any damage. The reason is that there is no joy in the task itself, it’s mindless and there is no room for autonomy or mastery. It’s “get shit done time”. To decide when to offer extrinsic rewards all you have to think is whether or not the task is mindless. Learning a new exercise or coming in for workouts on their own does not receive a reward. Doing a 4-minute tabata set of thrusters at the end of a workout may benefit from a reward.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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