Your drinking habits might be linked to how much you work out, according to a new study out of the United States.

Researchers from Pennsylvania State University examined the link between physical activity and alcohol.

The study, published in the journal Health Psychology, found a “significant relationship” between daily physical activity and alcohol consumption, especially beer.

While past studies have found a link between drinking and working out, this study went further to find out when people drank in relation to their workouts.

“People drank more than usual on the same days they engaged in more physical activity than usual,” said researchers.

On average, the study found people who worked out had one or two servings of alcohol on the same day as their workout.

There wasn’t a strong link between exercise and heavy drinking. Researchers said only 3.7 per cent of the days examined qualified as “heavy drinking days,” which means more than five servings a day for men and four servings a day for women.

The study included 150 adults from Pennsylvania who took part over the course of three 21-day periods throughout different parts of the year. The participants tracked their own daily physical activity and daily alcohol consumption using a customized smartphone app.

Researchers said there are limitations to the study as it sampled a largely white, moderate and low-risk drinking population. Researchers also said more work needs to be done to pinpoint the cause of this behavior and what effect it has on people.