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Lately, well since Christmas break, I’ve been struggling with motivation.  I’ll admit, I’ve fallen off the horse and it’s been long, hard run down the beach to catch it and get back on.  I’m slowly catching up to it, but my motivation and energy is still lacking.  Today I received an email from Turbulence Trainer on 7 ways to get “Motivated” for your workout. Excellent just what I need.

Here they are:

Here are 7 tips for you to get inspired to get through your workout.

1) Reward yourself. Finish your workout and treat yourself to a
magazine, a TV show, some extra time with your family, some new
songs for your IPOD, or even a little extra time for yourself.

2) Or set up a punishment for missing workouts. Skip the workout,
put $20 into a jar to spend on home repairs. Just make sure your
spouse controls the money!

3) Review your goals everyday and every night. Keeping your goals
fresh in your mind will help you stay on track.

4) Realize that the hardest part of the workout is often getting
your butt to the gym. Once you get 5 minutes into the workout, you
will be over the hump. So tell yourself, “I’ll just go in and do 1
set of the first 2 exercises, then I can go”. Next thing you know,
you’ll have done the entire workout.

5) Visualize yourself doing a great workout and finishing strong.
Get yourself mentally prepared and you will literally have better
workouts each time.

6) Crank the tunes. Seriously, nothing motivates like music. I’d
love to hear what tunes get you motivated for workouts and help you
jack up the intensity. Let me know on the TT forums.

7) Get social support. If you have a workout partner, you’ll feel
like crap if you let them down. Or become accountable to everyone
in the Turbulence Training workout forums…if you don’t post your
workouts, they’ll track you down and demand to know why you’ve
fallen off track! So online or offline, get everyone on your side!

Cheers,

D