You’ve seen them, you know those people who just seem to have this crazy unicorn magical energy, those that give up happy hour because they have to go to the gym, or the crazy motivated people that get up at 4AM to hit the gym or run before work.
Truthfully I am one of those but I did not start off that way, it took me training my mind, forcing myself to have a daily routine..
Guess what! you can train your brain as well to crave the gym and its not that hard.
Us crazy motovated gym goers are no diffrent then you. We werent born with a god-given inclination to be more or less disipline with our fitness.
Workout motivation isn’t something that only certain people are blessed with by a magical fairy as a child, you are just as capable as your uber driven friend always gets a workout in while working 10 hrs a day and righting blogs on the side. You have just as much abaility to become a Fitness Person as anyone else.
Consider these Scenarios as to why you are not Motivated.
Your alarm goes off, You open your eye’s your tired and really want 10 more minutes of sleep, not to mention it’s cold outside and your bed is so comfy, You think about getting up, putting your workout cloths on and hitting the gym.
You then start thinking about how hard it will be to get going and how the strain of the exersice will feel on your sore body, You’ll get sweaty, It’ll be hard, and then you’ll have to showerand head to a long day at work. So you hit snooze and tell yourself you’ll do it tomorrow.
OR
Your Alarm goes off, your immediate reaction is to hit the snooz button, But you remember your goals, Spring yourself out of bed and get dressed in your workout cloths.
You lace up your shoes, and head to the gym. You can’t wait to crank up your workout playlist and feel the almost immediate rush of endorphins. Before you’ve finished your workout, your already looking forward to the next day’s, so you can keep seeing results and getting stronger.
Here are a couple steps that will help kick start that motivation!
Step One understand how and why habits are formed:
We all know working out is good for us, It also helps to reduce depression and anxiety..
Workouts become more addictive in the best sense of the word. We realize they create pleasure and link them to enjoyment. remember that immediate rush of endorphins mentioned earlier? Endorphins are known as the Happy Hormone and doing things that makes us happy turns into habits and motivation to do the Right?
Step 2 is realizing Motivation is a Myth/Not Needed
Have you ever caught yourself saying “I’d like to workout, I’m just not motivated” or “I was doing really good but I lost my Motivation”
Waiting for you motivation to strike like like some kind of magic… You don’t always feel motivated to go to work, or to put gas in your car on a rainy day but you do it anyway, why do you? because it has to be done. Treat your workouts the same. Discipline is what gets you going when you’d rather not workout.
once you start replacing the word motivation with Discipline that’s when it will all start and fall into place.
Step 3.. Schedule, Schedule, Schedule!
Our brains crave rhythm and routine, and we work best in all area’s when we have it.
Think about it this way: If you schedule an appointment with your boss o with the Dr you are going to show up aren’t you? Treat your workouts the same.
1st pick a realistic time each day when you know you can get it done. Saying “I should really start doing that” and actually planning the times in your planner are to completely different things.
When you have a set time of day to sweat, after a couple weeks your brain will start to adjust to this habit and look forward to it.
Step Four, Find something you enjoy:
The best workout sucks if it’s not the one your going to enjoy.
While it may take some displine(spoiler alert IT WILL) and you will absalutly have off days where you’d rather skip, your workout should be something you enjoy.
If you hate cardio and forcing yourself to be a marathon runner, forget about it, It’s not gonna work sis, same as if weightlifting isn’t your jam but you love boot camp, Do that! remember just starting means you’re halfway there.
Step 5, Be Accountable:
While it’s one thing to skip on yourself, having accountability makes you far more likely to follow through on your fitness goals. find you a friend or family member to join you or even a friend on social media or joining a group on social media of other like minded people, having someone to help hold you accountable it definitely a plus.
Here’s to training your brains to crave the Gym, throwing those excuses out the window and cultivating your new, long term approach!
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