Motivation for everyone

staceyb2003

Consistent gym goers... please remember that this time of the year there are many new people going to the gym for the first time ever or the first time in such a long time.

Smile at them, say hi, and maybe make some positive comment.

If you like their shoes, compliment them, chances are they just went out and bought them.

You will never know the amount of courage it took them to show up.

That woman you see trying to figure out how to use the squat machine... she was just told by her doctor that she has diabetes and needs to lose weight to control her blood sugar levels.

That 65 year old guy walking on the treadmill leaning forward with a death grip on the handles... he just retired and has come to the realization that if he doesn't lose 50 lbs and gain strength and flexibility, he will no longer be able to golf, even though he now has the time and money for it.

That woman in her early 30s wearing really baggy clothes... she has two little kids at home and has been battling loneliness and postpartum depression since she chose to be a stay at home mom.

Unfortunately, we know more than 80% won't be there a month from now, but your smile, compliment, high five, whatever, could be the moment that gets them past the first couple weeks of fear and self-consciousness to turn it into a lifestyle.

- Dustin Maher

I know I have always been the one who thought everyone was watching thinking I was doing it wrong or just in the way. Hey you got up off the couch, you showed up. That's a start.