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hard to get motivated:(

MiSo_SeXy
MiSo_SeXy Posts: 210 Member
edited January 1 in Fitness and Exercise
I work twelve hour days and i'm so tired that working out just doesn't seem desirable,
How do you guys Get motivated?

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  • rkr22401
    rkr22401 Posts: 216 Member
    I also work 12 hr days (and 12 hr nights, alternating). Until this summer I also was attending grad school in my "free time" (I'm done...woo hoo!) I typically work out on my way home from work.

    Sure, part of me would rather come home and crash in front of the TV with a giant bowl of something tasty and fattening. I am motivated by the gradual appearance of my abs for the first time in my life. Now I'm not going to stop until I accidentally cut myself on the sharp contours of my six-pack :bigsmile:

    Ok, maybe I'll stop a little shy of that point. At any rate, that's my motivation. My wife says I've become OCD. You know what? She's probably right.
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    I think setting goals is the only thing that keeps me motivated. Right now it's upping my energy level and accomplishment goals with new obession - Barre3.. I want to see how 'toned" I can get...not bulked out, toned.

    So I have set goals like if I do 30 minutes of Barre3, and increase my average daily Nike fuel credits to 3000 a day, I get to buy my new Black Suit I have been stalking on November 1. If I miss a day of Barre3, I get to to two 30 minutes sessions the next day.

    Stuff like that.
  • MiSo_SeXy
    MiSo_SeXy Posts: 210 Member
    Grad school on top of all that!? Holy crap.. You sir, are gangster^^

    Pkw you're right I Gotta not only set the goal to work out but actually keep to it on those tough days...
    Lol that's the hard part ugh hhh but giving my self a reward is an awesome motivation hehe
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