Work, travel (with work), kids, household responsibilities all just get in the way. I know that everyone goes through this. But here is how I stay motivated ...
- Switch things up
- New activities - if you road bike, then mountain bike. If you run, then hike. Do aerobics. Do spin classes.
- Old activities differently - if you run , take a different path. If you mountain bike, try a technical climb. Go rock climbing.
- Distract yourself - wear a MP3 player. Think about your next career, how to help your kids, dream about a vacation.
- Go on a vacation
- We just got back from Arizona. I went on five hikes, ran five times and mountain biked twice. It was all soooo different. I came back totally recharged:)
- Set a goal
- Do a triathlon - always a good one to get you working.
- Shoot for a certain number of days or hours working out.
- Get energy from others
- When you find someone that is doing more, try to determine how they do it. Get positive energy from them:)
- Look at the people that you don't want to emulate and use this to generate positive energy!
- Make it fun
- Go with friends.
- Pretend that you are racing someone (and beating them of course).
- Run some stairs - backwards.
- Just find some way to make it less bland!
- Set yourself up to succeed
- Rather than plan to do five workouts and plan all five of them, set a goal of four workouts and schedule five. This way if you miss one you still succeed. And if you get them all in, you over achieved.
