Why it’s hard to start exercising

IF YOU’VE had a break from your exercise routine and are struggling to get back into it, you can blame a protein in your body — according to research by the University of Leeds.

This showed that periods of inactivity deactivate a protein, Piezo-1, which only functions as a result of the stress of exercise.

The protein is responsible for sensing the movement of blood and then increasing the density of tiny blood vessels to supply the amount needed for the activity.

The research showed that when mice exercised infrequently, this protein was no longer in action.