How do you find motivation when its cold outside to go Gym?

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  • flab2fit_30
    flab2fit_30 Posts: 66
    I just work out at home. body combat dvd, 30DS dvd, treadmill, dumbbells.... no excuses!
  • howardheilweil
    howardheilweil Posts: 604 Member
    A general desire to look good/not be fat.
    This^ in general, I never feel like going to the gym... I love it once I'm there and feel great afterward, but I push myself to get there. Just put on a jacket and get going.
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
    how I feel and whether I'm motivated are irrelevant. Make a plan and determine to stick to it. Make it routine and don't listen to any excuses!

    and I'll agree with the don't-go-home-first theory :)
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Dude!!!???

    I honestly expected this one to be coming from a 50-60 year old, seriously overweigh person. But you?

    Man up.

    No offense meant, but seriously. Man the F up.
  • caramelgyrlk
    caramelgyrlk Posts: 1,112 Member
    ^ Same as above and I kinda just bite the bullet and tell myself that I wont get results if I don't go. Works EVERY time.

    This
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    I'll toss in Rocky OST on my playlist and go. I thrive in the cold. It's warm and sunny weather that makes me lethargic and lazy.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    How do you guys overcome this hurdle

    Going to the gym helps.
  • vendygirl
    vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
    Being cold on the way into the gym is so much better to me than going when it is hot and sticky. It is coming back out that sucks!

    I wear my gym clothes under a warm pair of workout pants and jacket. Plus I know once I get inside I'll be warm once I start working out.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Dude!!!???

    I honestly expected this one to be coming from a 50-60 year old, seriously overweigh person. But you?

    Man up.

    No offense meant, but seriously. Man the F up.

    agreed.

    this was my reaction when i noticed the OP was a 23 year old male

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  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
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    To put this as nicely as possible. I just put on my big boy pants and I go get it done.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    Well, since the gym is inside, the outside temperature doesn't really matter.... And once you get moving, you'll probably embrace the cool temperature outside after you finish your workout.
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    During Chicago winters... hmmm focus on the calories burned while shivering your *kitten* off.

    Naw, I work out at home, so that's never a prob. Still, it's hard to get out of those covers!
  • FrankiesSaysRelax
    FrankiesSaysRelax Posts: 403 Member
    Dude!!!???

    I honestly expected this one to be coming from a 50-60 year old, seriously overweigh person. But you?

    Man up.

    No offense meant, but seriously. Man the F up.

    LOL
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Well since it would be awkward to squat my computer desk and deadlift the couch, and they aren't nearly heavy enough, I think I'd have more FUN at the gym.


    I find it harder not going to the gym on rest days.
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    Live in Minnesota where most of the year is cold.

    Getting out to a nice, warm gym? I'd take that over going out to get groceries!
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    I tend to not make STUPID excuses to get my workouts in. That's just me though.
  • Escape_Artist
    Escape_Artist Posts: 1,155 Member
    A general desire to look good/not be fat.

    :drinker: this
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,023 Member
    Yesterday I was amped for a gym session, planned everything out in my head but when I got home and felt hoe cold it is outside of the office I just wanted to stay warm and didn't feel like hitting the gym anymore?

    How do you guys overcome this hurdle or are you in the same boat?
    Must not have been that amped or you would have gone.

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  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    It being cold outside has no bearing whatsoever on the gym. If it's icy underfoot, I might drive instead of walk, but besides that, just get **** done.
  • Escape_Artist
    Escape_Artist Posts: 1,155 Member
    Dude!!!???

    I honestly expected this one to be coming from a 50-60 year old, seriously overweigh person. But you?

    Man up.

    No offense meant, but seriously. Man the F up.

    I have to admit I didn't look at the avatar at all before reading, so on top of my previous comment, this as well...
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Just grab a hot cup of tea, wrap yourself in that lovely chenille throw that's on you sofa, and watch Bridget Jones' Diary.

    And then have a good cry.
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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    I tap into the same motivation that makes me go to the gym in the first place, and combine it with the knowledge that I own a jacket.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Um, Where are you that it's too cold outside to get yourself from one heated building to another IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST?? :huh:
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Just grab a hot cup of tea, wrap yourself in that lovely chenille throw that's on you sofa, and watch Bridget Jones' Diary.

    And then have a good cry.
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  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    Just grab a hot cup of tea, wrap yourself in that lovely chenille throw that's on you sofa, and watch Bridget Jones' Diary.

    And then have a good cry.
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    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: both that post and the gif!
  • suegreg77
    suegreg77 Posts: 14 Member
    I live and work at a research station on a small sub-antarctic island where it is currently the middle of winter! Our gym equipment is in the boatshed and to get there requires trekking across the site in sub-zero temperatures, often in howling winds and blizzards... when you think it is too cold to go to the gym where you are, think of me and the motivation required to get to my gym! :smile:
  • jonsey_s
    jonsey_s Posts: 222
    Big girl pants, suck it up and crack on.

    Simple.
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Just go.
  • DenyseMarieL
    DenyseMarieL Posts: 673 Member
    I live outside the city, so hitting the gym would be very inconvenient for me. That's why I work out at home. Plus, in the winter here it can get to -38 celcius, so.......hell no!
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    I say to myself, "Well, at least it's not 119 degrees out," then I put on my bright orange fleece lined pullover jacket my daughter bought me last year for my birthday (always makes me smile) and head to the gym.

    Excuses are just a rationalization for failure. You either want to go or you don't.
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