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Does sniffing chocolate really help ‘leg day’ at the gym?
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Simply smelling chocolate can boost your gym workout, according to a recent study that’s generated headlines around the world.
No eating, no calories, just smelling.
The journal claimed:
Sniffing chocolate could make your leg day workout easier, even on an empty stomach.
Headlines followed, including:
Sniff chocolate, do more reps without trying harder!
This came with the qualifier:
We’re not even kidding. It’s a psychobiology thing.
But is all this too good to be true? Does the…
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