**The Surprising Chocolate Trick That Could Boost Your Gym Performance**
By Frontiers - Published on 17 July 2026
Researchers found that smelling chocolate before and during resistance exercise may subtly change how the brain responds to effort and appetite. Halfway through a difficult leg workout, most people would not expect the smell of chocolate to help them complete more repetitions. Yet a study published in Frontiers in Physiology suggests that exposure to dark [...]
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