Are you struggling to find the motivation to stick to a workout routine? Well, you’re not alone. Whether you’re drained from a job, exhausted with a newborn, intimidated to start, or outright lazy, the truth is that motivation is easily lost when life gets tough or you don’t work at it on a regular basis. Here are 6 ways to find the fitness motivation you need to get you back on track.
Link Exercise to Pleasure
- Your mind can choose what you derive pleasure from
- It all boils down to tying your goal to a purpose and positive emotion
- Maintain a strong underlying positive purpose behind your exercise routine
- Every time you exercise, your mind will mask out the pain as it brings your fitness goal to the forefront
Find a Role Model
- Look up to a role model to motivate yourself
- Often it’s not the lack of intention that hampers your fitness motivation but the incorrect strategy and inefficient results
- Modelling the right person and strategy and seeing consistent results on a regular basis will almost certainly boost your morale and keep you committed to working out
Brush up your diet
- Adding plenty of clean healthy foods to your diet will help signal to the mitochondria in each one of your cells to produce more energy, resulting in a healthier, more vibrant you
- As you feel greater and lighter in your body and mind, you will find fitness motivation much easier to come by
Find What You Like
- It’s important that you like what you’re doing if you want to find the fitness motivation to really get going
- Exercise should be fun to begin with. If it isn’t, then you are limiting yourself to the wrong activity
- Try exploring different fitness avenues until you find a few activities you best love doing
Seek an Accountability Partner
- It’s easy to miss or skip a workout when the only person you report to is yourself
- When you are committed to showing up and have someone waiting for you, you won’t want the embarrassment of having to say sorry for having slept in
