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What Motivates You To Get In The Gym?

6389 Posts: 23 Joined: 2005/03/15	2006/04/14, 10:01 AM Alright everyone, I've been working out now for around a year and a half. Recently I have been slacking and not getting that motivation to get in the gym. I figured there must be people in the same position as me. So thought I'd start a post to hear what motivates everyone and hopefully, but I'm sure it will, give everyone motivation ! :big_smile: -------------- 60% of the time it works everytime.
MannyMaster Posts: 515 Joined: 2006/02/01	2006/04/14, 03:24 PM I focus on my fitness goals. I think about what I want to look like and how I would not reach my goals if I make excuses not to go. I also go straight from work, I find it much more challenging to motivate myself to workout at home or leave to go to the gym once I'm at home. I guess it comes down to "How bad do you want it?" and "What's more important to you?" And of course *fat loss* and *muscle gain* are always GREAT motivators to keep you going back for more!!!!:big_smile: -------------- "One Ring to rule them all; One Ring to find them; One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them." -LOTR Trilogy
gella696 Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/12/26	2006/04/14, 04:41 PM I have a picture of myself (30lb havier) next to the mirror. I look at it before I'm going to bed, and then getting up at 5 am and run to the gym :big_smile:, just don't want the picture and my reflection to be look alike again.
mysticgraces Posts: 422 Joined: 2006/02/21	2006/04/15, 07:33 AM I have my own gym at home....and what motivates me is looking at my two young daughters..I want to be the great example that they follow when it comes to healthy eating and fitness...
Hixie20 Posts: 17 Joined: 2005/11/18	2006/04/16, 01:10 PM I love going to the gym, the results are just a bonus, some little things that motivate me when i don't feel like going is i have a seperate section of music on my mp3 player that i only listen to when i'm at the gym which i like, so if i want to listen to that music that pumps me up i gotta go to the gym. Or having a gym partner helps, since you won't want to feel your letting the other person down by missing days.
6389 Posts: 23 Joined: 2005/03/15	2006/04/17, 12:47 PM Cheers guys, like the answers. I'm gonna be raring to go when i get back to uni next week ! -------------- 60% of the time it works everytime.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/04/17, 04:44 PM The fact that I always know that somewhere, someone is training to beat me. -------------- Iron and chalk. Pain is only temporary, it is in your mind. If you can still walk, then you can still run.
J-Mar Posts: 32 Joined: 2006/04/19	2006/04/19, 07:44 PM Reaching a new PR!!!
Bighoss147 Posts: 71 Joined: 2004/10/06	2006/06/14, 09:16 PM Because I notice the slight jiggles I get after not working out for two weeks, I really don't like them. As in I'll put in the time at the gym or whatever kind of excersize just to make sure I don't have them. Maybe I'm just really self concious but I always feel more relaxed in a social environment when I know I've been sticking to my excersize and nutrition! Even so if I can achieve a peace of mind and look pretty good well then what is there to lose right?
PITBULL2888 Posts: 36 Joined: 2006/02/27	2006/06/15, 02:07 PM hey swarm can you tell me about caffeine pills do they work like coffee?