What do u tell urself during a workout??
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I keep telling myself its just another 5...10 mins...etc and just keep pushing through/keep going. Mostly I keep my workouts to around 30 mins so I don't get bored.1
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I just stick to light weights so I'm able to finish my workouts and enjoy it, after 2 months, I'm toning nicely all over.
As far as cardio, I started with walking, I couldn't do more than 2000 per day, now I can regularly do 10k easily, I've moved on from that and am jogging, again, started at no jog and now I'm doing the couch to 5k.
I mostly avoid bodyweight exercises for now but I can see myself dabbling with it doing pull ups and all that a couple months from now when I'm out of the obesity weight range.
I don't talk or motivate myself during a workout.0 -
I usually time my sets with a stopwatch.
I read a book or magazine between sets.0 -
I'm mostly on the treadmill. I tell myself:
"You're fat and you're ugly. Lose the weight!"
"...run for a minute, then take a 30 second break."
"If you want to see her again, then you better keep running!"
"Why do you suck?"
*calories burned shows at 536cal.* "Go to 550!"
*calories burned shows at 551cal.* "You missed the mark. Go to 600!"
I find this upsetting, you should encourage yourself, not beat yourself up. The more you tell yourself that, the more you will believe it and that will be a harder problem to fix than weightloss.14 -
Many times I have told myself to go at my pace and it is okay to do less to begin with. If something is too hard right now it does not mean it always will be. It is okay to do a 10 minute workout instead of 20-30 minutes today. It is okay to walk .5 miles or 5000 steps a day this week and a little more next week. I will get there gradually. "Rome wasn't built in a day."
Telling myself I am almost done. I'm doing great. I did a thing I couldn't do before.
Listening to music or a podcast helps distract me.
Having a workout partner can be motivating sometimes. Other times it is annoying.
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kelly_e_montana wrote: »Honestly I don't have to tell myself anything because I've learned to choose things that I actually enjoy. I hike. I compete in powerlifting. I like ice skating. I enjoy swimming and Pole Fitness. I love yoga. Basically just do things like get you moving that don't make you dread doing them. If you do something that you find fun, it will never seem like a chore.
I enjoy the things I do too. You never have an internal monologue though?
Nah, I don't personally. For me, it's just a habit that supports my goals. I just do it. During a set I'm thinking about good form and getting the most out of the lift. But overall, I listen to music or a podcast and just kind of cruise. Nothing more going on for an internal monologue than that for me. YMMV (and does. It's all good)1 -
kelly_e_montana wrote: »Honestly I don't have to tell myself anything because I've learned to choose things that I actually enjoy. I hike. I compete in powerlifting. I like ice skating. I enjoy swimming and Pole Fitness. I love yoga. Basically just do things like get you moving that don't make you dread doing them. If you do something that you find fun, it will never seem like a chore.
I enjoy the things I do too. You never have an internal monologue though?
Nah, I don't personally. For me, it's just a habit that supports my goals. I just do it. During a set I'm thinking about good form and getting the most out of the lift. But overall, I listen to music or a podcast and just kind of cruise. Nothing more going on for an internal monologue than that for me. YMMV (and does. It's all good)
Interesting. I guess I just have some high volume days or heavy days when I get a little scared, and I have a monologue. But I think that's different from what the OP is asking. I obviously have the motivation to get there. In fact, sometimes I think training is all I really have in life.5 -
crossfit_dottir wrote: »Cardio:
"Just one more *kitten* minute, that's nothing you've got this! Move!!! 1 more minute! One *kitten* minute, just keep going, don't you dare slow down! Keep moving, faster, faster. You've got this!! GO ON! COMMON YOU *kitten* YOU CAN *kitten* DO THIS... YOU'RE MADE FOR THIS *kitten*"
And I just survive 1 minute at a time... just 1 minute.. And my cardio is in total 60 min 3x per week... But I brake it up into 1 min at a time.. I don't usually need to do that cause these days my mind goes blank and I just feel the music and keep at it while loving it (I used to hate it)
And then there's lifting:
"Lift that *kitten*! You've got this! It's *kitten* easy! Just 1 more rep!!! You can do one more rep! JUST 1 MORE REP!"
And now you think I'm crazy but that's ok lol.
For machine cardio my internal monologue is "am I done yet, am I done yet, am I done yet, am I done yet. Lol! I hate the winter when I have to do it indoors. My outdoor cardio is usually a circuit of a specific distance so I just kind of listen to music or a podcast and cruise through it.
And I don't think your crazy. I do think it kind of funny though.2 -
I go to classes that I enjoy.
It's harder to leave once it's started, so I just keep going.
I mean, once I'm there, to leave I would have to walk past everybody...it would just be weird.
So, here's how it works.
Alarm goes off at 5:15 am
"Damn, I don't want to go workout"
"Well I might as well, it's better than laying awake in bed. I'll go but I will leave early"
"Well it's midway through the class, I could go now, but I'm already here I might as well stay"
And before I know it, even though every moment I INTENDED to give a half a** workout, I end up doing a great workout, and the hour's over and I'm pretty happy.
I guess...rather than give myself a pep talk to keep going, I only have to do ONE thing right - and that's set the alarm the night before. Once that's done, everything else just kind of happens.5 -
Sometimes I break it down into songs.... like I want to do 30mins and 3mins is a very rough average of a song so I say to myself 'I'm going to just run/lift/powerwalk for 10 songs"
Other times I'll focus on how I'll spend 4 times this 30mins on the sofa watching tv tonight so hard can this little input of time be?
I also picture myself in an outfit I'd love to wear or remind myself mentally of what I've achieved before ("you ran this last week! you CAN do it today. You're even better equipped than you were last week!")0 -
I'm mostly on the treadmill. I tell myself:
"You're fat and you're ugly. Lose the weight!"
"...run for a minute, then take a 30 second break."
"If you want to see her again, then you better keep running!"
"Why do you suck?"
*calories burned shows at 536cal.* "Go to 550!"
*calories burned shows at 551cal.* "You missed the mark. Go to 600!"
Hi - I'm nobody to you and you can always ignore me but you are not ugly and you do not deserve this negative self talk. Be kind to yourself x12 -
I watch the clock and tell myself I can go just 30 more seconds... or just one more rep. With my asthma, I really have to watch out and decide if this is just breathlessness from being out of shape, or an asthma attack coming on. So I have to remember it's okay to slow it down, and listen to my body. As far as staying motivated?? I'm still working on that one myself. I don't particularly like working out in the first place, but training myself to do something I enjoy this spring and summer is what's keeping me going so far this year. I want to hike the mountain and not die this year. So I suppose having a solid goal in mind is a good thing.0
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Here's how it works for me:
Alarm goes off at 4:05.
I don't want to run. It's cold outside. Snooze button.
Alarm goes off at 4:15.
Uggg. I should run. It's only X miles and I set out all my stuff last night. Sits up in bed. Snooze button.
Alarm goes off at 4:25. Get out of bed, go to bathroom, weigh myself. Put on running clothes.
Goes out the door to run. God this sucks. It's cold. But it's only X miles. I can do this.
Starts workout on watch. Starts running. Okay. Not so bad. I can come home early if I want to.
Runs about a half mile. Ahhhh. So glad I'm running. I totally got this.
Before I know it, I'm already halfway done and turning around to come back home.
So I tell myself these things:- It's worth it.
- I know I'll feel better when I'm done than if I don't go at all.
- When it gets hard during the exercise, I think about how strong my body is getting because I'm doing the work.
- Sometimes I slow down so I can keep going at it. Trying to attack a whole workout at full speed rarely ends well for me.
- I've lost 100lbs and I never, ever, ever, ever want to have to do that again and an active life is how I keep the body I've earned though weight loss.
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Break it into small steps.
I will go to the gym.
I'm here now so I might as well get on the machine
OK now I'm on I'll set it up for the hour, but I can stop when I want.
Feeling a bit tired, five minute more.
That wasn't so bad, five minutes more
and so on.
The other thing is to take time to sit down and ask why you're doing any of this. The GW is just a number, why that number? what is it you want to be able to do? With who? When? Have that clear in your head and focus on that goal when you're feeling weak.
"I'm doing this because" is the thing that will keep us going through the times when we feel tired and stressed. Knowing the answer, internalizing it and keeping it as part of who we are is what will help us get to that goal.
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During some sessions I will think to myself "You can do this... One more set.. one more rep" other times I think about form and the muscles themselves and try to make a connection to push myself. Or I imagine someone is pushing and coaching me so I gotta get it done. Music that pumps me up helps too. When I'm doing cardio sometimes I get through by imagining myself in a music video.. haha. Hey it works6
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That’s why I do a lot of classes, because I know after half an hour I’ll probably walk out of the gym either through boredom or I’ll feel like I can’t do anymore, even though realistically I can! If you do a class you have to stay there the duration and you get lots more out of your workout. Plus there’s so many to choose from (depending on your gym) and I’ll mix them up so I don’t get bored of the classes!1
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Well, this morning it was mostly about "Why the hell would a Russian curler dope????"
It's usually "Was that 1 set or 2 I've done?". Trouble with hitting the gym before waking up.7 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Well, this morning it was mostly about "Why the hell would a Russian curler dope????"
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Well, this morning it was mostly about "Why the hell would a Russian curler dope????"
Maybe the question is "Why would a Russian Curler test positive?"
I believe Ben Johnston later admitted that he was taking steroids but not stanozolol which he was caught for. Someone slip our Russian friend a little mickey perhaps? Someone unhappy to have been dropped from the Russian, sorry OAR, team?2 -
I'm mostly on the treadmill. I tell myself:
"You're fat and you're ugly. Lose the weight!"
"...run for a minute, then take a 30 second break."
"If you want to see her again, then you better keep running!"
"Why do you suck?"
*calories burned shows at 536cal.* "Go to 550!"
*calories burned shows at 551cal.* "You missed the mark. Go to 600!"
I hope you're able to see a therapist and come to a better relationship with yourself and your body.5
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