Hands down, motivation is the one very thing that stumps you every time in your efforts to train, eat well and exercise for whatever your goal is.
SO how do we combat this? And not just now, but I mean forever? Regardless of whether things are crazy in our personal lives, there is a pandemic, work is insane, how do we make sure that motivation is never a road block.
First and foremost, MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS
So many of you have in your heads that you are going to do this and that without taking into consideration your lifestyle is mind blowing. You expect to train 7 days a week, 2 hours at a time, have all the energy in the world and be totally on it. Nah AH! Not going to happen! And not because you are useless or worthless, its purely because your schedule does not allow for this.
Accept that you have long work hours, your family are dependant on you and the house requires your attention- and thats ok. Find a suitable plan that is realistic and manageable for you and your schedule and roll with that.
Focus on a FEELING
Yeah its cool to have abs, dont get me wrong. Rocking a sports bra and feeling like a boss ass b*!ch, but this can get old quick. Its the feeling you get during and afterwards thats the really kicker! Moving the body releases serotonin, the "happy hormone", which is why we feel good after our sessions. Use this as your WHY. The benefits of weight loss, muscle growth, body re composition, increased bones density are all guaranteed results anyway
Have GOALS
What is your goal right ? TO be free of injury? Gain muscle? Run 5k/ 10k? Lose weight ? Cool. Its great to have goals. My next question to you is how you gunna get there ?
Goals are absolutely needed. The above are some killer ones, but its worth having some smaller ones to get you there too. If running 5k is the goal, great, your goal may be to run twice a week. If the aim is to drop body fat, awesome, a daily action could be to walk 45 minutes a day
You can see where i am going wit this. Big and small goals are needed to help focus your efforts and provide clarity. Otherwise, what is it all for ?
Small actions lead to bigger things
I call it The Snow Ball effect. Let me explain:
Have you ever done the washing up and then find yourself sweeping the floor, tidying the cupboard, re organising and then suddenly you are knee deep in cleaning the oven scrubbing away. Before you know it the entire kitchen is done and dusted, looking immaculate.
Well, that is the Snowball effect. That one small action lead to another action, which lead to another and another in order to complete one big task. Its the exact same approach to take with your health and fitness goals. One small action you can take each and everyday, will lead to bigger and bigger things. Before you know it, you've smashed through a workout for yet another week!
These strategies are whats going to give you the "push, drive, MOTIVATION" you are constantly searching for. Start with a 5 minute action and roll with that
Its always going to be a problem if you continue to rely on it. You do have options, so if it hasn't worked for you so far, its probably worth trying the above
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