What pushes you further during your workout?

MsHolly731
MsHolly731 Posts: 54 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I found that watching an action flick on Netflix while walking on my Gazelle increases my speed, length of workout, and my calories burned. :bigsmile:

What "little things" help you "push" yourself further in your workouts?
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  • Berto0391
    Berto0391 Posts: 273 Member
    Watching TV....looking at a wall is boring.:bigsmile:

    So now I watch some anime during my workouts
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    Honestly, the mirror. My damn gym has mirrors in front of the cardio equipment too. Seeing that tummy jiggle like jello can certainly get me moving those last few minutes.

    Otherwise, the TVs help a lot. Mindless sit-coms really help to pass the time.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Rock music/heavy metal, especially Godsmack.

    Of course, I messed up more form while jogging the other day because I was playing air guitar and air drums. :blushing:

    :laugh:
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    Fun!
    I was bored to death doing a treadmill or elliptical, even with a TV to watch. Now I go to Jazzercise and I'm never bored. I love the music, and it changes all the time. Its a fun and friendly atmosphere. I average 25 classes a month. I'm 62, so I like that they show modifications too.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    music with a fast tempo. And telling myself "you're stronger then you think" :wink:
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
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    MUSIC!!!

    not just ANY music, though, not for me anyway, has to have certain beat.

    I have a song, same ol song every time, often over and over, that i used to use for running, for eons,
    (back when i was a runner)
    and the beat was PERFECT for my running. I'd get sooooo into That song, that if my music skipped---i'd trip!
    lol!
    To this day, THAT song gives me a Pavlovian rush of energy to even hear it.
    I have a few others i used to run to, but def have one that is my very favorite one, has a real 'you can do it' type of lyrics, too, about pressing on.

    now i can't run but, i use that song for walking now. HEADPHONES, HEADPHONES, HEADPHONES.


    AND DOGS, are good walking/running companions, too. 0O2Dk.gif
    Note, for anyone with a couch potato dog
    if your dog has not been walking far, nor running far, the dog ALSO needs to build up to working out, too, or else he might limp next day, or worse.

    We go to the local high school yard, when no one else is there, and i walk the track, and my dog tags along, often smiling up at me about how great he thinks this whole activity is.
  • jen10st
    jen10st Posts: 325 Member
    Rock music/heavy metal, especially Godsmack.

    Of course, I messed up more form while jogging the other day because I was playing air guitar and air drums. :blushing:

    :laugh:
    Haha me too, if I don't have my iPod at the ready the dance music at the gym is torture. Headbanging is also a bad idea on a cross trainer :bigsmile:
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
    The fact that I haven't finished it yet ;)
  • wolfpack77
    wolfpack77 Posts: 655
    Other people to workout with. You'd be surprised how much having a partner can motivate you.
  • somedaysoon84
    somedaysoon84 Posts: 82
    documentaries. i'm a weirdo... i know. but i turn on a nat geo documentary, and it keeps me on the machine longer. between miles i hop of the elliptical to grab some water and a stretch... and gee, there is my mirror, "still fat" so i get back on for another mile.
  • BCSMama
    BCSMama Posts: 348
    For me, it's music and taking classes. My workout music really makes me go faster and harder. The fitness classes keep it different and interesting and I want to keep up with everyone else.
  • dandaninc
    dandaninc Posts: 392
    Other people to workout with. You'd be surprised how much having a partner can motivate you.

    ^this but if I don't have my friend with me than I focus on beating previous records.
  • xMillyLouisex
    xMillyLouisex Posts: 171 Member
    documentaries. i'm a weirdo... i know. but i turn on a nat geo documentary, and it keeps me on the machine longer. between miles i hop of the elliptical to grab some water and a stretch... and gee, there is my mirror, "still fat" so i get back on for another mile.

    dont worry im a documentary geek aswel lol, you get into it so much you kindovc forget ur exersizing dont you!

    that and drum nd bass gets me pumping much harder i close my eyes and imagine im at a rave!
  • a_new_dawn
    a_new_dawn Posts: 517 Member
    My HRM. I like to see a decent calorie burn.
  • Vansy
    Vansy Posts: 419 Member
    The fact that I'll be finished sooner and since I'm already working out I might as well push myself to work as hard as I can.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Rock music/heavy metal, especially Godsmack.

    Of course, I messed up more form while jogging the other day because I was playing air guitar and air drums. :blushing:

    :laugh:
    Haha me too, if I don't have my iPod at the ready the dance music at the gym is torture. Headbanging is also a bad idea on a cross trainer :bigsmile:

    I've got a funny mental picture now! :bigsmile:
  • Skeels
    Skeels Posts: 929 Member
    Music and my HRM makes me go harder and harder.



    Its also nice to compete aginst someone else
  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    Two things!

    One, how awesome I'm going to look at LFCC when I've slimmed down and toned up ;D FemGrimmjow to be!

    Two, when my old so called friends see what I've become, success is the greatest form of revenge!!
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    My MFP peeps! I want to have a great workout for them!
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    I think I subconsciously ask myself the question, "are you doing your best right now?" and if the answer is "no" then it better be because I'm at the beginning of a difficult workout or race and I'm pacing myself. Otherwise, I will push harder.
  • 120weeks
    120weeks Posts: 242 Member
    Lately, it's been listening to the Pitbull station on Pandora. And all the cussing. Very motivating to this badass in training!
  • shierrarobin
    shierrarobin Posts: 181
    I'm not someone who can just go to the gym and exercise. I'm too self-conscious. So I bought a boot camp DVD and the instructor, Suzanne Hitzman, is a really good motivator. If I was to become confident enough to go to the gym, I'd just bring my MP3 player and some headphones. That's plenty of push for me.
  • RawVeganFlirt
    RawVeganFlirt Posts: 189 Member
    i watch movies or tv shows on my ipod while im on a machine! i tell myself im not allowed to get off until its over
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Doing workouts that don't require pushing.

    If I'm not enjoying it, nothing on this planet is going to push me to finish it.
  • stefanieceleste0530
    stefanieceleste0530 Posts: 177 Member
    Other people to workout with. You'd be surprised how much having a partner can motivate you.


    I'm the exact opposite. I HATE working out with other people. My gym time is my zone out time. I don't even like going for walks at the park with people (when the purpose of the walk is to get some cardio done in the fresh air). I've had several friends say "oh, you're walking? Call me, I'll come along" Yeah, ok, I'll get right on that. NOT!

    I know it sounds antisocial, but that's just what works best for me.

    So, for what makes me go further, longer, harder? My ipod. Without it, I'm lost.
  • boostnerd
    boostnerd Posts: 32
    Watching the olimpics these last couple of weeks has given me some motivation to push harder. 37 years old and got 4th place in the mens marathon! Thats crazy. I gotta push harder lol
  • Tat2dDom624
    Tat2dDom624 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I usually have the tv on, and pump some hard rock through my earbuds. Works every time!
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    I focus on beating previous records.

    This is what I do.
  • bacamacho
    bacamacho Posts: 306 Member
    My last training result.
  • Spokez70
    Spokez70 Posts: 548 Member
    Usually just getting back to where I started from- meaning I usually hike, bike, or kayak until I'm ready to quit- and then I still have to turn around and get all the way home.

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