Tips for Re-finding Your Motivation

Tony Robbins often mentions how people have to get “fed up” before they are motivated enough and truly ready to make a change.  So the question is…are you fed up?

Motivation combined with Action allows you to enjoy the view from the top.

If you haven’t exercised in a while and find it tough to get going, realize that you are suffering from what we exercise science nerds call sedentary inertia.  This means that your body is essentially being governed by Newton’s First Law of Motion – a body at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force.

That means that if your body isn’t in motion, it will unfortunately want to stay that way.

However, once you (re)experience what it feels like to be active and full of life again, you will want to keep moving!  And that reminds me of the other portion of Newton’s First Law – an object in motion will remain in motion…

Forget motivation!  Let’s talk ACTION!

Here’s the KEY: take action so that you get to the point where exercising (or eating right) is a HABIT – about 30 days usually does the trick.  At that point both you and your body will want to keep going!

On a slightly different note, research has shown that people do better with small changes as opposed to huge, often overwhelming changes.

If you’re just starting back, why don’t you start by walking for 30 minutes every day?  Or how about stretching for 15 minutes each night?  After about 4 weeks that will be a habit upon which you can add another good habit, like only eating dessert once per week.

Remember this: Every choice you make either takes you one step closer to your goal or one step further away.  When deciding whether to train or not to train, to eat a hamburger or grilled chicken, just remember that you can either step backwards, or you can step forward – the choice is yours.

Yours in fitness,
Dr Clay