 Have you got to the point where working out is hard work, it's not fun, it's a drag to get to, and you just can't wait to get it over and done with? You wouldn't be alone in thinking this, a lot of others feel the same and for many good reasons - injury, general tiredness, money, timetable, boredom, difficulty factor, embarrassment... so what do you do about it? How do all those people get the energy to run or to get to the gym? Surely they must have an un-organised house with unhappy kids right? WRONG - they simply make it work. The secret of a fit energetic person is that they schedule their workouts in as a first priority, and the other stuff goes around it. They have just as much time as you, they also have kids, jobs, injuries, money issues, but fitness is the first priority. By making fitness the first priority other positive things spiral from this. Suddenly you have more energy to get up in the day, the day seems less hard work, going to work becomes less of a chore because you've scheduled in your fitness time, you are not constantly thinking "oh i should have done that run" or "when am I going to get time to do this gym visit". Once it's scheduled out and stuck to, it's out of your head and it's one less thing making you feel miserable. "You can choose to motivate yourself, or choose to be miserable, whatever has to be done it's always your choice - Wayne Dyer" Step 1 - choose to put your fitness first, then work, friends and kids can work around this HOW: get a calendar and write it down, get up 20 minutes earlier and do that walk, walk home from work, walk on your lunch break, walk after work when it's cooler and the kids are down. Step 2 - choose to be happy, make a conscious choice to do a happy fitness activity. Don't choose to do a run if you HATE running. It might take a little bit more effort to drive to the pool for some laps, or put the bike in the boot and ride around the Lake in Takapuna, but if it makes you that much happier, and gives you an awesome talking point to your family and friends the next day then choose to be happy! THE BEST EXERCISE YOU CAN DO, IS THE ONE YOU ACTUALLY DO! Step 3 - commit. Fit people get into a routine, they love it, they stick to it, they'll turn you down for a coffee if it's their gym time, they aren't being rude, they know they must stick to it... So do something you enjoy, work out with a friend, make it your pleasure time, not your pain time. If that gym membership makes you feel yuck, do something else, if not having a gym membership makes you feel yuk then tighten the purse strings elsewhere and get a gym membership. Ask yourself "why you workout?" Find out your because...  |
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