Motivation

Improve Your Motivation to Workout Part 3

Fitness Motivation and Identity

Identity
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It’s easy to look at all the success stories on social media and convince yourself that the people who are full of fitness motivation have some quality that you don’t. This narrative is perpetuated by captions about how “motivation is BS,” and “if you want something enough, nothing will stop you.” These statements may be true in the eyes of the person sharing them because they can’t relate to your motivation obstacles. Occasionally, it’s a lie perpetuated to portray success, garner legitimacy, or simply provide social media bragging rights.

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Improve Your Motivation to Workout Part 2

Motivation Quality

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We often think about fitness motivation in terms of quantity. We complain when we have little or no motivation to workout, and want to get more. However, it’s also important that we focus on the quality of what motivates you.

What is the Source of Your Workout Motivation?

One of my favourite films is Inception. You should definitely have already seen it, but in case you haven’t, Inception is all about motivation. Inception is the task of planting an idea so deeply within someone’s subconscious that they accept the idea as their own without question. It’s exactly what we’re trying to do when we want to start a new habit, such as going to the gym or eating kale (for some reason). We want a new behaviour to become so firmly rooted in our psyche that it’s not a thirty-minute battle just to put the trainers on. This is no easy feat.

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Improve Your Motivation to Workout Part 1

Introduction

When starting a fitness habit, one of the biggest obstacles will always be finding motivation to workout. Unless you’re superhuman (or kidding yourself), you’ve probably asked yourself one of the following questions at one point:

  • How do I get motivated to work out?
  • What is causing my lack of motivation?
  • Why do I get super motivated, only to fall off the bandwagon weeks later?

The Fitness Motivation Cycle

We tend to go through cycles of motivation. Sometimes, your motivation will be super high. This leads you to set up a new training or dietary routine. A few weeks pass by if you’re lucky, then boom – it’s all over. Your motivation takes a nosedive. You give up your hard work and go back to square one. Then the next time you feel pressure to change, the cycle begins anew.

Fitness Motivation Cycle
The Fitness Motivation Cycle
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