Beginner Fitness: The unending Benefits of Exercise that motivates beginners to start it today

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• The unending Benefits of Exercise that motivates beginners to start it today
• Motivation mastery. The secret sauce is action #dosomething
• This will burn calories, get a good sweat on and make your legs burn! All in 20 minutes.
• I want to train but I work too much. What would you recommend?

The unending Benefits of Exercise that motivates beginners to start it today Posted: 22 Aug 2020 04:28 AM PDT Why should one exercise daily? Because there are various benefits of exercise, including a number of physical and mental health advantages. It's said that being active all the time is the most appropriate thing you can do for your health. One significant advantage of workout is strength. So why to exercise daily? Check out my article: Benefits of Exercise submitted by /u/NooriaAli [link] [comments]

Motivation mastery. The secret sauce is action #dosomething Posted: 22 Aug 2020 10:14 AM PDT I posted this as a response to how to get motivated after a long day of work and thought it might make for a decent post. ### A common belief around achieving a goal is that we need to get and sustain motivation We need to motivate ourselves to go to the gym. We need to motivate ourselves to eat healthier and resist junk food. We need to motivate ourselves to turn off the Netflix and get to bed Motivation might get you to the gym once but it doesn't get you to keep going. Actually going to the gym gets you motivated to keep going to the gym. Motivation might get you to eat one healthier meal but it doesn't keep you eating healthier. The more you eat healthier, the more motivated to keep eating healthier you'll be.. The key to become more motivated is to keep taking action. Any kind of action, no matter how big or how small. Action = motivation Then why is it so hard to get yourself to take action? This is because most of us only take action when we're hit with emotional inspiration or deathly afraid of the consequences of not taking action. You go to work each day because the consequence of not going is chowing down on half eaten sandwiches, and take out Chinese from a trash can in a seedy back alley. Another large problem around motivating yourself is that it's usually associated with difficult emotions. The pain and struggle of going to the gym. The boredom of a healthier diet. Going to bed earlier instead of staying up late with friends. Finally, we struggle with motivation because we do the same thing over and over again. We tell ourselves that to accomplish X we just need to do it – to display more motivation or willpower. We never create an action plan that focuses on our behaviors and addresses our current habits, past failures, and the environment that influences us. It's important to acknowledge that at some point you're not going to feel motivated to workout or do another meal prep. And this is ok. When you're motivated, take advantage of it - it's an opportunity to do hard things. But when you're not, here are a few things to try to get you going. 1). Make getting and staying started easier Using exercise as an example. Instead of trying to commit to making it to the gym 6 days per week for 60 minutes. Remove some of the steps that you need to take to do this. Forget trying to go to the gym – instead, focus on a 5-minute workout you can do at home. Instead of downloading a complicated meal plan off of the internet that restricts what you can and cannot eat. Or requires you to make complicated recipes every single day. Simplify the process by eating the same healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day. 2). Schedule your motivation Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day. Exercise on the same days and at the same time. Grocery shop, meal prep, and eat the same few healthy meals over and over again. Until consistency is built, keep things simple and familiar. 3). Get feedback If you're not assessing what you're doing you're just guessing at whether it's working or not. There are tons of ways you can measure progress but I like the Seinfeld strategy. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld said that the way to be a better comedian was to tell better jokes. And the way to tell better jokes was to write every day. So Jerry would take a wall calendar and place a red X on the days he wrote. After a few days you'll have a chain starting to develop. You'll like seeing this chain and won't want to break it. As the chain develops, reward yourself with something that's not related to exercise or food. 4). Make it hurt a little We're often motivated because we know the consequences of not doing something can be painful or uncomfortable. Don't go to work equals don't get paid and live on the street. Don't take the trash out means a stinky home and flies. It's counter intuitive but I say make it hurt. Make a list of the possible consequences for not following through on the behaviors you're trying to establish. Or better yet, try the 4 crazy questions. What are the benefits of doing the thing What are the disadvantages of doing the thing? What are the benefits of staying the status quo? What are the disadvantages of staying the status quo? 5). Uncover the real reason behind your lack of motivation If you always seem to have a hard time staying motivated to exercise and eat well, it might be time to review your beliefs around your body, what it takes to live a healthier lifestyle, and whether or not you're pursuing it in a way that is enjoyable to you. This may involve tapping into some uncomfortable emotions. It may involve being very honest with yourself. It may take someone else to call you out on your own bullshit. 6). Just do something Ultimately it comes down to taking action. No matter how big or small. If you can't do your full workout do half. If you can't do half do 10 push ups. Let's imagine a future where you have changed in a really awesome way. Like, you've gotten into shape, and now you get to do some cool stuff, like maybe take that hiking trip you want. Think about all the good things you imagine happening there. Do something. Anything. A quick review To get and stay motivated remember these 7 things Sometimes you'll be motivated sometimes you won't and this is normal Make getting started easier by starting small. Set the bar low so it's easy to step over. Schedule your motivation and build routines around exercise and nutrition To stay motivated focus on the smallest action you can to stay consistent Get feedback. How consistent are you and reward yourself for being consistent Uncover your deep reason for lack of motivation Do something! Anything. Take action exercise Today, simply acknowledge and be comfortable with the fact that you will not always be motivated. Anticipate this in the future and start planning for it now. Review the 7 steps here and see if there are any you can apply today. Come back to this lesson when you're not feeling motivated. submitted by /u/justinthomasmiller06 [link] [comments]

This will burn calories, get a good sweat on and make your legs burn! All in 20 minutes. Posted: 22 Aug 2020 08:10 AM PDT https://youtu.be/Y4A8Y01Q2a8 submitted by /u/lisapilates [link] [comments]

I want to train but I work too much. What would you recommend? Posted: 22 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT Hey, guys! Need your help! I work too much and don't have time to work out. I think that it's bad for my overall health. Do you have advices for this case? Male 35 submitted by /u/Riganda [link] [comments]

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