Monday, October 15, 2012
Finding the Motivation to Maintain Your Exercise Routine
You know you should exercise, but you just
can’t make yourself do it. Of course, you tell yourself that you’ll feel better
once you get going, but there just seems to be too many roadblocks.
Here are some common roadblocks and
suggestions for what you can do:
I don’t like to exercise.
Exercise is anything that gets you moving. It
doesn’t have to mean an hour at the gym. There has to be something that you
enjoy– walking the mall, swimming, gardening, or tennis. When you find
a way to exercise that you like, it will be easier to schedule time
to do it. It might help to include family or friends to make it more enjoyable.
I don’t have the energy.
You’ll get energy from simply starting to
move. Just add 10 minutes of one simple activity to your day like stretching
or walking. Make reasonable goals. Set a timer or clock the distance around
your block and use these are markers for reaching your goal. Others find that
using a pedometer that tracks how many steps you take each day helps in increasing
your weekly goal.
When you compete against yourself, using time
or distance as the marker, it will give you encouragement to keep trying until
your energy level rises. If it doesn’t, you might want to see a doctor and find
out if there’s a medical reason for your lack of energy.
I start but fail after a week or two.
If you’ve started, you haven’t failed. If you
feel
you’ve failed, perhaps you need to reexamine your goals and work at
accomplishing something simpler. Think of it as building on what you’ve already
begun. Ask yourself, what can I do today that will make me more active than I
normally would be?
I don’t have the time.
How can you make
more time? Buy out time from some other activity. It can be something as
simple as getting out of bed 30 minutes earlier or giving up 30 minutes of TV
at night and going go for a walk instead.
You’ll achieve measurable improvements to
your health by simply exercising 10 minutes at three different times during the
day. Think of small ways you can
increase your activity. Instead of reading that book, get it on audio and
listen to it as you walk. Park your car further away from the door. Take the
stairs. Little things like these all add up.
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