According to a new study, when people exercise more, they consume more alcohol.

Study researchers from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, reached carried out an experiment. In it, they studied the physical activity and alcohol consumption of 150 participants aged 18-89. The participants were asked to add their levels of physical activity and alcohol consumption into their smartphones at the end of every day.

In this study, the volunteers were required to keep just one day of activity or consumption at time in mind. Therefore, they were at less risk of memory problems or other biases that come in to notice when asked to report the past 30 days of behavior. This is actually a good way for getting around some of those self-report measurement problems.

The researchers found that the participants were more likely to drink alcohol on the days when they do higher levels of physical activity, which tends to be Thursday to Sunday.

"Monday through Wednesday people batten down the hatches and they cut back on alcohol consumption. But once that 'social weekend' kicks off on Thursdays, physical activity increases and so doe's alcohol consumption", said David E. Conroy, lead researcher of the Feinburg School of Medicine at Northwestern.

According to Conroy, these results are concerning because lack of physical activity and alcohol consumption are both connected with increased risk of health problems. He added that there is a need to find out the ways by which physical activity can be done safely and in well organized way without having the dangerous effects of consuming more alcohol.

The researchers also unveiled that they are not able to find out what are the reasons that make people to consume more alcohol on the days when they are more active. They are expecting to find out the reason behind the same by carrying out more research on the topic.

Once the researchers come to know about the link between the two variables, they can design novel interventions that promote physical activity while controlling alcohol consumption.