Motivation Tips: A Different Take
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Motivation Tips: A Different Take
I went to the gym yesterday evening at the busiest time of the day and was shocked to see that most there were only a few others working out and they all had pretty low energy. What happened? Everyone started out so pumped up this January and already the motivation and energy has dropped dramatically!
Let’s get a wake up call and look at some different ways we can boost our motivation and keep it elevated through to the summer so we can be totally ready for playing lots of sports and having fun at the beach. Sounds good doesn’t it?!
Motivation Tips #1: Talk About Your Goals
This is a pretty interesting technique because it makes you so accountable for your action…talk about your goals to everyone you know, even and especially when you’re at the gym. You’ll start to realize how supportive most people around you will be and having that support system in place is going to give you a major advantage in you reaching your goals.
Remember one thing…keep your goals realistic and focus on how you good you feel after you workout and eat healthy. This is GOLD. I find realistic results include things like: lose an inch in the waist area after 6 weeks, or gain 1/2 an inch muscle around the chest in 8 weeks.
Motivation Tips #2: Compete with a Friend
If you have a friend that you can bring with you to the gym then set up a competition and make things fun. See who can gain the most muscle definition or lose the most fat in 8 weeks. Make sure you both chart your progress and set little prizes each week for who does the most pushups or runs the farthest in 10 minutes.
Ok for some of you bringing a friend to the gym is not possible, or none of your friends are as motivated as you are so here’s something for you. Just pick someone else in the gym is who is real hardcore and use their energy to boost your workouts. Just make a mental note and refer to this each time you workout. I’ve found this really helps me when I’m slugging through a workout day.
Motivation Tips #3: Ask Questions
With knowledge comes power to overcome your biggest fears and failures so ASK questions! Get over the shyness factor when you’re working out or playing a sport and ask others who are successful about their tips and techniques.
Just one side tip – be specific! Don’t ask “what did you do to get so lean?”, but instead ask “what exercise have you found to help you burn the most fat?”. Then keep asking questions about the time of the day they train and what foods they eat.
I’ll help you out even more, ask me questions in this blog whenever you are reading these articles. You’ll find I’m pretty good at answering almost all your questions and when others add to these comments we can really take our knowledge of health to the next level.
Motivation Tips #4: Be Prepared for Set Backs
Ok so we all have events come up or have some major work stress that we must conquer and this interferes with our workout plan and healthy eating. Take 5 minutes right now and make a plan for what to do when things like that come up. Perhaps you need 3 or 4 recipes of quick and healthy foods you can make in these circumstances. Write them up and have the ingredients ready in your house as something will come up at least once this week/month right?
You may also want to have a few pieces of workout equipment that don’t take up space in your home and a workout ready that you can do in 30 minutes for these crazy times. Refer to two of my most read articles which includes a list of workout gear everyone should have at home: workout routines for men at home and workout routines for women at home.
Have any other unique motivation tips you’d like to include? Please leave a comment below…
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THANKS MAN.
AS U SAID N I NEED TO ASK. WHICH STRENGTH TRAINING EXERCISES BURN THE MOST FAT? MY CASE IS SPECIAL BEING THAT I HAVE A BAD LEG N CANT STRESS IT SO I ONLY WORK MY UPPER BOD N GOOD LEG WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE ON MY BAD LEG. N WAT IF UNDER THE FAT, I SEE I’M GETTING TOO BIG (MUSCLES), TOO FAST, AND TOO HEAVY WHICH MIGHT AFFECT MY LEG? PLEASE HELP ME… THANKS
PLS JUST SUGGEST N DON’T ASK ME 2 SEEK A DOCTOR,,, THANKS…
Hi Glenn, definitely do high intensity interval training to elimintate fat, and also go for higher reps and lower weights and little rest between your exercises. Keep us posted on the results.
will you be more defined when you go for higher reps with lower weights? As i wrote yesterday I’m currently trying to get a good shaped and ripped body – in my view I’m on a good way – but I’m little afraid that I’m going to big with my workout. I’m going step by step and do the same reps (15) with more and more heavier weights. I think I’m big enough and now I want to be really good defined and ripped. Any suggestions? For the cardio part I’m doing your extreme HIIT and intense core workouts.
Hi Dani, sounds like you are on track and yes higher reps with lower weights and little rest between exercises results in greater definition and toning. Also watch your diet and go lower on protein/fats if you are worried about gaining too much weight. HIIT is awesome! Let me know how it comes along!
Ok, then i understood it right!
but, should I do then for example 3 sets with 20-25 reps with the same weight? For my upper body I do actually bench presses with 60 lbs, 80 lbs and 100 lbs with everytime 15 reps. Now if I want to get more defined I’ll go also 3 sets but with 20-25 reps and a weight with 60 lbs? So the weight variation will be in all sets the same?
Hi Dani, 20 reps is pretty high…generally you should aim for 6-8 reps if you want to add muscle size, 8-12 reps if you want to maintain, and 12-14 reps if you want to tone up and define. Aim for that with only a little variation in your reps and adjust the weight so the last rep is almost impossible. Make sure your rest periods between exercises is also not more than 30 seconds!