5 Tips To Motivate Yourself To Get to the Gym and Kill Your Workout
Before reading my tips, it's important to remember that everyone is different and your reason for working out might be different than the next. Between all of these motivation tips I hope you find at least a few that will help motivate you to workout tomorrow.Tip #1: Find a Gym or Form of Exercise you Actually Enjoy!
The best way to stay motivated in anything is to do something that you actually enjoy and doesn't feel like a chore. Their are an abundance of different gyms and forms of exercise now that it should be easier to find something you actually enjoy. If you can find an environment you love or a form of exercise that you look forward to doing motivation levels will most likely remain high. If you enjoy lifting weights, find a strength training group class that blasts loud music and attracts people just like yourself. If cardio is your favourite try out a group spin class or dance fitness class. It might take you a while to try something you love, but the key is to step out of your comfort zone and try new things because the workout you enjoy the most might just surprise you.Tip #2: Talk About it or Post on Social Media
In today's world everyone seems share everything they do (down to what they eat) on social media with their social media followers. Why not track your workout (or weight loss) progress too? Many people find that if they are constantly posting about their workouts on social media they tend to grow a little support team from their followers. The idea that people are waiting for progress pictures and might notice if you haven't posted in a while might give you that extra push to get to the gym and kill your workout. Building a support system through family members or online via social media is a great way to keep you working out and possibly motivate others to join in your journey!Tip #3: Set Realistic Goals and Track Progress
In my experience working with personal training clients, setting realistic goals and regularly tracking progress is one of the best ways to motivate. Think about something you can reward yourself with after accomplishing each goal in order to add that little extra push of motivation. This is why we want our goals to be specific, just saying something like “I'm going to workout to lose weight” is a very vague goal without a timeline or a plan making falling off track quite easy.Here are a few keys to setting realistic goals:
- Make both long term and short term goals that are not overly ambitious and set specific end dates for each. Schedule check-in dates to track progress along the way in your calendar with reminders so you don't miss a check-in.
- Do not limit goals to weight loss only as this could be frustrating and easily cause motivation loss if you are not progressing as you feel you should be. Set goals associated with your training or a specific piece of clothing you want to fit into. If you are doing strength training, set a goal of being able to do 5 full push ups by the end of the month (short term goal) or 10 full push ups in 4 months (long term goals). In training for this goal, weight loss will come along with it.
- Make sure your goals are actually measurable, meaning there are specific numbers involved. Setting a goal of “weight loss” is very vague, not measurable , and will not keep you motivated through those days you don't feel like hitting the gym. Setting a goal of “I want to workout for a minimum of 30 minutes, 4 days per week, for the next four weeks” is a great goal because it's measurable, specific, not overly ambitious, and with working out four days per week weight loss will come without it being the main motivation behind our workouts.
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