Improve Your Motivation to Workout Part 3
Fitness Motivation and Identity
New to this series? Be sure to read Part 1 and Part 2.
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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