Layan Fessler

@layanfessler.bsky.social

PhD in Exercise Psychology Post-doctoral Researcher at SCALab, UMR 9193, Univ. Lille, CNRS 🔬Investigating the role of affect on effort perception and physical activity engagement ResearchGate ⤵️ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Layan_Fessler

Thrilled to start a postdoc position at SCALab (France) with Prof. Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell! Roots in the affectivism (Dukes et al., 2021), this project aims to develop a research programme around visual-auditory-olfactory environments to help people discover the pleasure of effort 🏃‍♂️

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Long but rewarding day in Brussels for the kick-off of our new 10m Euros EU-funded Horizon project. Five years to develop solutions that target youth physical (PA, diet, sleep, sedentary behaviour) and mental health.

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2024 Recap! 🎓 2 international conferences, 5 published articles, 1 book chapter, and a 360-pp manuscript that earned me a PhD in Exercise Psychology. 🏃‍♂️ 252 workouts, 1380 km, and countless kg lifted! 💡 Key strategies for staying active come from our 2024 chapter (link below)

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🎓 On 17th December 2024, I received my PhD in Exercise Psychology, in the same lecture hall where my journey began 8 years ago. 🤝 I’m incredibly grateful to have spent these 3 years under the guidance of Philippe Sarrazin and @bcheval.bsky.social – the best team I could have hoped for!

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Friday 11am ➡️ Presentation at the European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology in Innsbruck 🗣 Saturday 22h ➡️ Start of the UT4M 2024 20km in Grenoble (605d+, 1345d-) 🏃⛰ ⏱ 02:05:50, 31st overall and 22nd in my category. Doing science and putting it into practice: the dynamic duo!🦇

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Our new chapter (FR) "Engaging in regular physical activity: the role of positive affective experiences" is out ! We drew inspiration from the excellent textbook "Essentials of Exercise & Sports Psychology" by @ZackZenko and @Dr_LJones to transpose these perspectives into French

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🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️Glad to see that implementing the strategies I use in my PhD to improve affective experiences helped me reach 320 workouts in 2023 (while doing a PhD @labosens.bsky.social and an internship at Brunel University 🇬🇧)! 🎧 Specific music type during the HIIT sessions was one of the most effective!

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