Lacking motivation

I am having the same issue. I usually workout at home so my gym hasn't changed but I just don't have the same push I always do. I don't look forward to it but dread my workout days. I think it's a combination of not eating well, not looking my best, not sleeping, feeling discouraged with my results and being so busy and drained with 3 kids at home.

However I still show up and get it done. I still progress, I still push myself but I do not love it right now.

Sometimes music helps, also for me (sounds silly but) wearing makeup, having my hair done, putting on a matching outfit some perfume go a long way

No actually just the opposite for me. I have more "me time" when I train at home where as the gym, my training is interrupted for one reason or another. I also began training with this style forty something years ago so it's a welcomed style.

I might suggest doing a washout block of your training and see if that helps. Especially but not exclusive for the weight training. Let me know if you need help, and I should be able to give you a template if I have some training history.

If feel your surroundings have something to do with it, perhaps try to dress the basement towards the perceived mood you desire.

I upgraded the lighting in my basement with some cost-effective LED strips from amazon and it completely changed the feel of the space. I started using a timer this week to keep from meandering through my workouts and have been loving it.

Well, it's perfectly okay to have periods in your training where you aren't going as hard. Even professionals don't press the same amount all year, so if you need to take a period where you're going more casually I don't see anything wrong with that.

Can you do anything to make your workout space less gloomy?

I'm trying some new workouts to keep it interesting and going outside for my "light therapy" and fresh air. I found some Les Mills, Yvette Bachman, fitoutsidethebox, and Sydney Cummings workouts that I like. Maybe trying some new/different workouts will spark your motivation?

I definitely miss the gym! My instructors have posted Instagram live workouts and I do them every day, but it's not like being in class and laughing with the participants and making faces and grunting together.

I am completely off my normal exercise routine. I have chronic pain from a genetic bone and joint condition and it is a very fine balance of activity that I can manage without making myself worse. I normally swim a few days a week since it’s the thing that hurts me the least. But now that pools are closed I am left with land based exercises that hurt me so much more. I’ve been walking daily but it is getting harder and harder as it’s really hurting me now. I’ve had to cut back a bit. It’s frustrating as heck because I know that I need to exercise or I will just get worse sitting all day long. It’s a Catch-22 for me.

I do my physio exercises for one hour daily and I’ve been very vigilant about doing them, but the motivation to start is next to nil. It’s probably because I’m hurting all the time.

In order to get through them, I remind myself that my exercises should help with my swimming. I have also been working towards a goal of being able to get off the ground more easily and not rely on assistance from my husband or using furniture. It will probably take months but I’m determined. Maybe by the time I can do this more easily, the pools will reopen. It would be great to get up off a pool deck with no problems.

So my advice to people who are not in their usual “exercise element” is to make a goal and then strive to reach it. Keep your usual sporting activity in mind and make a plan to improve some aspect of it by targeting the type of exercises that you are doing in your basement.

Also. Never take your ability to move your body for granted. It’s a gift. Use it while you still can. And if you can move it pain free, all the better. Take advantage of that and enjoy it.

I’m the opposite. I’ve found some really good Dance and step aerobics classes through Facebook. I’m having fun trying out new moves in my dining room. I don’t usually work out at home so Meyer it’s just the novelty. My lifting is taking a back seat cos I have limited equipment but I’m doing enough to keep it ticking over and hopefully not lost too much muscle.

You could try something new and see if that sparks your interest. Fingers crossed the gyms reopen soonish......

pondee629 wrote: »

Nope. I'm doing what I want to do. What other possible motivation could there be. I want to work out, I like how I feel after I work out, I like how I look when I'm working out. IF "working out is my (your) jam" and you "love to spin" I don't understand the problem. What kind of a push do you need to do something you LOVE?

Boom. Willpower and motivation are limited resources. Momentum will carry you much further than waiting for motivation ever will.