Motivation during workouts?

Rorofitgirl
Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
edited October 5 in Motivation and Support
Does anyone ever repeat a quote or song lyric to themselves when you're going through an intense workout? Something that keeps you going when you don't feel like you can keep going? What's yours?! :)

For me....sometimes I say "I can, I will" to myself over and over and other times I keep saying "just do it".

I hope you all have been having a healthy and happy week! :)

-Rosie xoxo
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  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I imagine myself at my goal weight, how I will look and feel :] seems to work, also seems to work with eating healthier food choices as well.
  • embersfallen
    embersfallen Posts: 534 Member
    *This is war* by 30 seconds to mars.... in a war with the flubber suit...and the healthy person inside is gonna win!!! ;)
  • RobertG86
    RobertG86 Posts: 49
    Listen to LMFAO - Sexy and I know it.
  • Clew
    Clew Posts: 910 Member
    I am a former fittie so I know what it feels like to be fit and strong, and that's what I use to stay focused - I want that feeling back.

    whatever keeps you focused is all good. Music is a powerful motivator, as are to-the-point quotes and mottos - I love your approach!
  • 1234IWORKOUT5678
    1234IWORKOUT5678 Posts: 23
    Definitely! I always say "You can do it!". I love to run next to someone who is a really good runner and that helps motivate me. I also pretend that my fav star is running next to me and I have to keep going so I wont embarrass myself. :)
  • RobertG86
    RobertG86 Posts: 49
    Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    All great motivations!!! I feel amazing after I finished a tough workout....fresh, strong, and sexy
  • RobertG86
    RobertG86 Posts: 49
    if you feel fresh after a workout you arnt going hard enough.
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    I do the SAME thing when it comes to running! How funny hahaha I feel like they're my running buddy (even though they don't know it) and they really helps me stick to it because I'm not that great with long distance running, but I'm working on it :)
  • Kilter
    Kilter Posts: 188 Member
    I had two mantras that carried me through Ironman, specifically the run at the end which was hard, and painful and very humbling.

    “The swim makes us hard, the bike makes us tough, but the run makes us Iron."

    and

    “I will get there if I can get there. I can get there so I WILL get there.”

    that last one was what made it possible to get to the next street corner, the next traffic light, the next mailbox.
  • iHEARTcardiacnurses
    iHEARTcardiacnurses Posts: 437 Member
    Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger

    ^^^ This.

    And I put a picture of a cupcake up on my phone and I cuss at it.
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    if you feel fresh after a workout you arnt going hard enough.

    working out produces endorphins and that's what gives you that energized feeling...."runners high"....does not mean you didn't work hard
  • Orvett
    Orvett Posts: 83
    for me it's just the OCD of setting a certain amount of time on a machine and then needing to finish it so i can hear the machine beep and say i'm done
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    I had two mantras that carried me through Ironman, specifically the run at the end which was hard, and painful and very humbling.

    “The swim makes us hard, the bike makes us tough, but the run makes us Iron."

    and

    “I will get there if I can get there. I can get there so I WILL get there.”

    that last one was what made it possible to get to the next street corner, the next traffic light, the next mailbox.

    That is AMAZING!! Congratulations on the Iron Man....you're a champ in my book.....I really like that last quote, you have to trust yourself to do the work
  • RawkChick
    RawkChick Posts: 24 Member
    "Nobody likes a fattie." (just kidding)

    I just remind myself that I'm going to feel and look amazing when I'm done. Also, if I catch a glimpse of my own fat *kitten* in one of the THOUSAND mirrors that are in the gym, it usually makes me want to work that much harder.
  • RobertG86
    RobertG86 Posts: 49
    So you didnt mean fresh out the shower fresh you mean superman fresh lol
  • VanneWuch
    VanneWuch Posts: 4
    When doing an exercise bike which I hate! I listen to Fat Bottom girls and I like big butts. :)
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
    EASY MONEY!!!!!!!!!
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    "Nobody likes a fattie." (just kidding)

    I just remind myself that I'm going to feel and look amazing when I'm done. Also, if I catch a glimpse of my own fat *kitten* in one of the THOUSAND mirrors that are in the gym, it usually makes me want to work that much harder.

    hahahahahaha i think us ladies always say things like that to ourselves, i'm glad you admitted it my chubs quote that plays in my head is "nobody likes a single chubby girl" hahahaha that works every time, so bad

    you are cracking me up!
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    So you didnt mean fresh out the shower fresh you mean superman fresh lol

    Exactly! hahahaha my mistake!
  • RobertG86
    RobertG86 Posts: 49
    :tongue:
  • midmomike2
    midmomike2 Posts: 213
    I forget where I read or heard this first, but I have been using it a lot lately..."when you get tired, do 1 more!"
  • daffodilsoup
    daffodilsoup Posts: 1,972 Member
    "Quit being a little b*tch."
  • Rorofitgirl
    Rorofitgirl Posts: 26 Member
    I forget where I read or heard this first, but I have been using it a lot lately..."when you get tired, do 1 more!"

    I've heard that too and I love it, I use it. Whoever was the first to say that is a wise person :)
  • fridayjustleft04
    fridayjustleft04 Posts: 851 Member
    I just think about something that makes me angry (usually an ex), and suddenly I've got a burst of energy to get much more intense.
  • ski3r4life
    ski3r4life Posts: 206
    going further, harder, heavier than before
  • Angelie28
    Angelie28 Posts: 197 Member
    The quote that runs through my head is:

    “Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!”
    ― Jillian Michaels

    Every time I feel like stopping I imagine her yelling at me hahaha
  • Kymmu
    Kymmu Posts: 1,650 Member
    Yes!! That Daft Punk song, perfect!
  • Labcoathipster
    Labcoathipster Posts: 171
    Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger

    ^^^ This.

    And I put a picture of a cupcake up on my phone and I cuss at it.

    Love it!!
  • Cold_Steel
    Cold_Steel Posts: 897 Member
    Too be quite honest... Sex. Sex is a great and awesome motivation during work outs... Knowing that I can last 25 minutes on the elliptical means I can spend a WHOLE minute in bed... Just kidding... But yeah, sex is a good motivation too realize that there is less mass between me and the wife and more stamina when it counts.
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