what helps you workout when your really not feeling it?

xMillyLouisex
xMillyLouisex Posts: 171 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
what helps motivate you to get up and active on those days when you reaaalllyy cant be bothered?
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  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    a coffee.
  • rebeccaerincameron
    rebeccaerincameron Posts: 1
    looking through a fitness tag on tumblr :P
  • lhorton84
    lhorton84 Posts: 27 Member
    I'd like to know the answers on this on as well. As I somtimes find it really hard to get motivated :smile:
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Go back to your profile and re-read your inspirations......

    .... if they no longer inspire you, time to edit them to new ones!

    Rinse and repeat!
  • ennysmith
    ennysmith Posts: 26
    think about your goal.
  • Lairosiel
    Lairosiel Posts: 3 Member
    looking at the before and after pictures on the forums - makes me realize I want to be as awesome as they are and then I hit it!
  • scorpiotwinkles
    scorpiotwinkles Posts: 215 Member
    I go to the gym anyway, and once I start I can't stop.
  • Jeffsimpson
    Jeffsimpson Posts: 11
    What helps me get up in the morning? Caffeine.

    What motivates me to actually do the workout? I look at my workout log every morning before I workout, and then again at night before I go to bed. I look at all of the hard work I've gone through, and I need to have a *really* serious reason for needing to skip or mail-in a workout. It's the one hour a day that I can zone out to another world, and I am in complete control of my efforts. I really dread 'rest' days now...ha.. it throws off my entire schedule.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    The "Success" thread here, or Gympact. Getting charged $5 for NOT working out is a good motivation.
  • rjcelmer
    rjcelmer Posts: 431 Member
    Lots of cocaine!

    But seriously, there are many days I just don't have the motivation to get off my butt, but all it takes is a look in the mirror for me and I get what I need.

    Knowing where I came from and seeing where I am now makes me happy and seeing the difference in my body and how I feel makes me want to get moving.
  • volatileskin
    volatileskin Posts: 20 Member
    1. thinking about how i'll feel afterwards (never ever not once for any reason have i ever regretted a workout)
    2. my goals - visuals really help, not just words
    3. COFFEE.
  • dusty_712001
    dusty_712001 Posts: 172 Member
    Knowing that 95% of the time the motivation shows up once I have started. As to what actually gets me started in the first place, one good look at myself is generally all it takes. Of course, I'm not sure that will continue to be as effective the closer I get to my goal.
  • Scott_P
    Scott_P Posts: 95 Member
    I just go do it. Sometimes I have to drag myself to do a workout but once I start, I feel amazing.
  • speediejane
    speediejane Posts: 496 Member
    looking in the mirror :sad:
  • deagh93
    deagh93 Posts: 77 Member
    Lying to myself.

    "Oh come on. You can do 10 minutes! Then you can quit."

    Once I actually get started I'll go for 30, it's just getting me to start. And I KNOW that. But I still tell myself that lie to get myself off my tail. And hey, it works, so I go with it.
  • ChappyEight
    ChappyEight Posts: 163 Member
    looking in the mirror :sad:

    This.
  • marie_cressman
    marie_cressman Posts: 980 Member
    realizing if i just sit around it won't help me reach my goals any faster. :smile:
  • Treadmillmom1st
    Treadmillmom1st Posts: 579 Member
    Looking in the mirror!
  • evademers
    evademers Posts: 55
    Depends do you feel like that everyday or after a hard week of working out because then your body maybe telling you to rest. You need that once in awhile :) But if its an everyday feeling just imagine how your going to feel after your done,proud,accomplished and one day closer to your goal!! I always say MIND BODY and SPIRIT, do it to get rid of stress and it will become second nature the rest will follow!!! You can do it get up and get that bod moving, do it because you want to better yourself all around :)
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,995 Member
    Watching junk food television on the smart phone while slogging it out on a cross trainer.
  • fallonrhea
    fallonrhea Posts: 388 Member
    I tell myself that I have to wait to eat until afterward. Food is always good motivation :)
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
    what helps motivate you to get up and active on those days when you reaaalllyy cant be bothered?

    For me, its knowing I've paid for the whole month and I work bloody hard for my money and I AM going to get my money's worth!! That and I have to say I love doing martial arts (Jiujitsu at the moment) and know that no matter how crappy I'm feeling, I'll feel a lot better after class.
  • Macrocarpa
    Macrocarpa Posts: 121 Member
    Tell myself 'Let's just do it, then at least I achieved one thing today'

    It's very, very rare that I have a totally crap workout and probably 19 times out of 20 I end up feeling a hell of a lot better afterwards.
  • SydneyBristowe
    SydneyBristowe Posts: 44
    1. thinking about how i'll feel afterwards (never ever not once for any reason have i ever regretted a workout)

    That's a good one!

    It sort of fits with one of my inspiration mottos at the moment "The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret"
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    I make myself bothered. I have to PUSH. I simply HAVE to..because laziness was a habit that I developed for so many years is so hard to break..only tough love will shift it.
  • slimmermomma
    slimmermomma Posts: 82 Member
    Looking back on how far I have come already! Once I get started I always feel better - and the feeling after a workout can't be beat.
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    New kit
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    The scale, that inches lost, and the fact that I have scheduled every workout for over a year. Just be consistent. Mix it up, try an new exercise, buy some new workout clothes, some new music, go to a different gym - get a workout buddy! Just do it.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    what helps motivate you to get up and active on those days when you reaaalllyy cant be bothered?

    Really good techno music.

    I bought some revamped techno tracks of Lady Gaga that gets my heartbeat going BIG time! I work up a better sweat with a tempo to follow and the music so motivating.
  • Shadowsan
    Shadowsan Posts: 365 Member
    I just stop to think "Even a rubbish workout is a hell of a lot better than the people who are still sat on the sofa doing nothing"

    Once i'm there, and i've completed a warm-up i'm generally fine.

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