Salop Matt Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Ive been doing to the gym now for about 10 months and got some really good and pleasing results! But since christmas its been a bit of a dragg and I dont want to fail with it but I have slipped a bit since christmas! I have a our wedding in may and am currently doing mine and my bosses jobs as she is off ill and has been for 3 months now so its really tiering! leaving work at night and crashing out on the sofa is such an easy option and real appealing. So where do you lot get your motivation from to keep the enthusiasum for things like the gym rather than sitting on your carcass when you finish work ? I need to get a boot up my own rear and find the enjoyment again in the gym. ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Change the routine. Worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 wots a gym??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev56 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Motivation / Moral - Where do you get yours from for the gym? down the pub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have some instant Morale (read 'motivation') for you..... Imagine showing everyone your Wedding Pictures with you looking like a fat mess.. and people saying 'doesn't he look well' (meaning fat!) and then having to look at them for the next 60 years (with at least 1 picture on view somewhere) or being embarrassed to let anyone see them at all, then having to show the kids........ (i could go on but you get the idea!!) That little pep talks free!!! Some people pay good money for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Cardio from taking the dog out for long brisk walks. Weights in the garage. I know how you feel, lost 7lbs but bad weather etc..... Try going to gym before you get home possibly?, saves having to get up and go out again. Well done for the achievements so far.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 It becomes addictive I find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officerdibble777 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Iv'e done gym workouts for over 20 years now,I am fortunate I don't have to work,so I find that I can manage a good routine for 3 days a week,30 mins cardio,75 mins weights and a half mile swim.The only time I miss a day or two was for hospital treatment but I would swim instead,on a good day I can do 2 miles .Don't set yourself un reachable targets,you'll just get fed up not reaching them,make up a few routines and vary your visits with a different one on each visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry90 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I dont go to gym i do sumit i enjoy eg. MMA 3 days a week and football 5 aside 2 days and Sunday league 11 aside i love goin tryd a gym befor i lost all my waight and hated going Do sumthing you like will be alot easyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckaroo23 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Try changing your routine, before Christmas I got into a rut, so I got a new routine I'm having a week of and I get a new one. If your tired ask the instructers to work a routine out for that can wake you up abit, more stretches etc if you can walk, jog or bike makes me feel better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Sod the gym, two little ones, sheep flock on and plus the farm and a full time job.....no way, I'd die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 My motivation is my wedding in may in Aruba....plus I work on the doors part time as well as my day job so I need to keep fit and active so I go to the gym 3 times a week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Z Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I took a picture of myself at my worst, kept on my phone. That and keeping the thought of Arnold Swarzenegger willing me on!! HA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 the chance to ogle young ladies in lycra should be enough to make you drag yourself to the gym, it was for me but now i am on blood pressure tablets lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Z Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I think they stopped wearing lycra in the 80's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 What was your 'motivation' for going to the gym in the first place? Personally I think anything that becomes a chore wont work at all, find something you like and do that instead. I've never gone to a gym and hopefully never will, but that is because I don't care what others think about what I look like and I'm happy the way I am (well I am a bronzed love-god after all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inca Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 i worked out for a good year or so and also had great results, ate clean and counted my macros.. ate loads of bulkin protein.. when my work out partner stopped working out i had no one to spot me in the gym and it became boring and no fun so i quit.. find a gym partner.. this really does spur ya on, spur each other on and what not.. really does keep ya motivated, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Try doing something like boxing or MMA, has worked for me. I'm 6 stones lighter than i was this time last year and i absolutely love going to the gym. If i think i am starting to flag i enter an endurance run, i then know if i dont put the work in i will suffer. Just keep at it mate, we all get lazy periods, just dont let them last too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 if you have only been going 10 months and need motivation already then you may well do better finding a different hobby colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 post a picture on this website. we will all ridicule you and make fun. you can then get angry and channel that into getting fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willxx Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Try doing something like boxing or MMA, has worked for me. I'm 6 stones lighter than i was this time last year and i absolutely love going to the gym. If i think i am starting to flag i enter an endurance run, i then know if i dont put the work in i will suffer I 'enjoy' the gym but can't motivate myself - 6 stones lighter is exactly what I'd love but 6lbs is a struggle! I find dark mornings and dark evenings in the winter kill my enthusiasm for going and then I'm reluctant to 'follow the herd' back in January! I really need to get back but I can't see me doing it - I tihnk I may have to sign back up at the posher gym - costs quite a bit more so I can't afford to waste it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inca Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 its all about the diet, work out your maintance callories and eat at a deficit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debaser Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 its all about the diet, work out your maintance callories and eat at a deficit. Spot on. Wight loss is 95% diet and 5% exercise. However building muscle and fitness is all about exercise. ATB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgguinness Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 As said, diet is the vast majority of body shape, >70%. If you find the gym, as in the same old weights, same tread mill/cross trainer/rowing machine boring change it up. I train Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu twice a week (apart from recently when I crushed my thumb in a log splitter) and love it, plus I do a circuit class twice a week too, these burn 1000 cals a session as they are constant, non stop. These really work.i used to be 15st 11lb, not I'm 14st 4lb, and my body has changed amazingly. Kind regards Jonathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think they stopped wearing lycra in the 80's... ha ha look at my profile pic prob about the 80's i last went to gym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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