Alex Edmonds

But also the number of decisions that we might take based on information is just much wider than one might think if you thought of research as just scientific paper.

So nearly every decision that you take.

So after this recording, I'm going to work out.

And so what is the workout am I going to do?

Is it high intensive interval training?

Is it low intensity steady state?

How is this matching with the other workouts I've done this week?

Am I going to have some pre-workout supplement?

All of these decisions are based on evidence.

And you might think this sounds like a bit like a professor who's trying to scientifically analyze every decision.

Is this not analysis paralysis?

No, because this information might make my life easier rather than more complex.

Because if I can achieve the same outcome with three workouts a week, which are based in the science as I can with six workouts a week,

then I actually then have more time for myself.

And what I'm trying to highlight in the book is the questions that we ask ourselves, they don't think take a lot of analysis to do.

Simple questions like, if this was the opposite, how would I react?

That will only take a moment's reflection, but in terms of our productivity and our effectiveness, there can be large effects in terms of the outcome.

I think that's fair.

And there could be good evidence for is rugby better for you or is football better for you or should you study English or math?

So what I would like to then look at