10 Top Tips For Exercise Motivation
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 22:17Posted in category Exercise Motivation
Here is a quick read – Ten top tips to boost your motivation to exercise and stay on track.
- When you really don’t feel like going to the gym, or are in a bad mood and are close to throwing in the towel make a deal with yourself to do 10 minutes exercise – and you will probably end up completing a full workout after the initial buzz spurs you on – and afterwards you will feel GREAT.
- If you are hesitating then simply put on your gym clothes. Once they are on, you’re one step closer to using them.
- Distract yourself 0 and distraction will do – reading a magazine, chatting to a friend, listening to music or watching tv – research suggests that most people do more when they are focused on something other than just the exercise itself – to focus and think about the exercise you are doing can bore you and it can become monotonous.
- Bring a friend – working out with someone gives you a commitment to keep – you are obliged to turn up and you can compete against each other support each other and spur each other on – you will work harder and have more fun.
- Listen to to uplifting music before and during your exercise – it has been proven to make you run faster / train harder, and to give you a more intense focus and keep you absorbed in your workout.
- Monitor your progress – people who wore pedometers over a twelve week period ended up walking an extra 1,000 steps daily than people who didn’t in a recent research study. Record your weight loss, your waist size, the amount of time you spend on a treadmill – anything like this will spur you on to beat your record and push yourself further.
- Only concentrate on the moment – don’t think about how much more you need to do – only consider the present moment and soon you will be finishing your workout before you know it.
- Visualise yourself exercising and feeling good. See yourself on the home stretch of a run – imagine how good you feel, see yourself lifting heavier weights, visualize completing a heavy workout and how empowered you feel – this is positive thinking and it sets you on the path to complete these visions.
- Bribe yourself – set yourself rewards for achieving stages along the way – obviously rewards which won’t hinder your exercise routines tho
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Mine Safety Training says:
February 24th, 2009 at 7:22 am
great 10 Top Tips For Exercise Motivation!! lets try!!