Exercise Motivation Tips
Stay on Track and Reach Your Goals!
by Bob Myhal, author of The Ultimate Muscle Mass Bodybuilding Program
Need some motivation to exercise? Having trouble sticking with your fitness
program?
It never fails: about a month into a health and fitness
program, most people begin to lose motivation to exercise, become less focused, and
ultimately revert to old habits. In many cases this means they stop exercising
and begin to fall back into the trap of eating an unhealthy diet. Needless to
say, this lull in motivation has to be overcome if you’re to achieve your
long-term fitness goals.
The Good News: The longer you are
able to stick with your exercise program, the more likely you are to make the
type of permanent lifestyle changes that lead to lasting success!
So if you’re stuck in a bit of a rut, if you feel your motivation slipping,
here are a few quick ways to refocus your efforts and get back on track.
1. Get Out Your Calendar! We make all kinds of appointments in
our daily lives and we keep them. Make an appointment with yourself for your own
health and fitness—and stick to it!
Write down which days you are going
to exercise and block out the target time to do it. It is extremely important
that you take the time to actually writing this down, especially if you’re prone
to procrastination.
2. Make Time. The #1 excuse people give for not sticking to their
programs is that they simply can’t find the time. Well, let me make this as
clear as I can: don’t bother looking for the time to train and plan your
nutrition and supplement programs—it’s not there.
You need to make time for
these priorities in your life. Enough said.
3. Plan Your Nutrition. The key to eating a healthy diet is planning. When
you’re hungry and there’s no healthy food nearby, you’ll eat what you can get .
. . and usually what you can get is fast food that isn’t very good for you. Have
a well-focused plan for keeping yourself nourished throughout the day. Bring
healthy snacks wherever you go, be it work, school, or wherever. Grab a
creamy Protein Shake or delicious Protein Bar to make eating wisely even easier.
4. Monitor Your Progress. Set concrete goals and find an objective way
to monitor your progress. Personally, I suggest monitoring your body fat level .
. . it’s a much better indication of overall health and fitness then how much
you weigh. Get a fat caliper and track your progress over time. This is a great
way to keep your motivation high and to make sure you’re heading in the right
direction. I recommend the Digital Body Fat Caliper which I’ve found to be
both accurate and very convenient to use.
Check out more great workout tips.
Have questions about these exercise motivation tips? Write to me:
bob@musclesurf.com
