Found out my 10 minute stretch routine was actually 22 minutes

Honestly I was shocked when I tracked my morning stretch habit with a stopwatch app last Tuesday. I always thought I was doing this quick 10 minute thing but the timer said 22 minutes and a lot of that was just me pausing to check my phone. The surprising stat came from a guys forum thread about mobility where someone said most people underestimate habit time by 40 percent. Has anyone else timed their so called quick routines and found way more time going in than expected?

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julia54912d ago

That time distortion thing shows up everywhere though. Cooks do the same thing with recipes that say 20 minutes prep and it always takes 40. Humans just have this weird way of stretching time when we're half distracted.

jamie77012d ago

Got a buddy who swears he spent 45 minutes assembling a bookcase the other day. His wife timed it at 12 minutes. He's still mad about it, says the instructions were just lying about how long things take.