Do you have any tips for getting past the mental resistance to getting the exercise going when my mind is pushing hard for the lazier option?

Change your mindset and motivation to get things done wont be a problem. What happens if your mind pushes hard for the tough option instead of the lazy option? That way of thinking is where you want to get you. Hit me up on Instagram, I answer questions like this daily. @DigitalMediaMentor

The secret is to find something that’s exciting and challenging for you! The excitement of doing something you like will win the laziness anytime and you will just do it automatically. Also find an exercise that’s work on the thing you are most passionate to improve - for me is the abs. Last thing is to make sure you do a earm out at the beginning and streching at the end. When the muscles sore come - don’t be upset! Wear them as medals! They are the proof that not onl you worked hard- it’s working! Enjoy it and you will NEVER stop challenging yourself and pushing yourself. If you’re here you wanna make it work and I believe in you.

I do something easy. Something I know isn’t hard and isn’t long. Maybe a walk to the grocery store for a sugar free drink, or (one I really like) 1 minute moving after my breakfast.

Always need to someone encouraged and praised. It’s enough for me what your application does. It motivates me and then approves my actions

Make it easy for yourself. I do bed yoga in the morning, just 5 minutes. You can build your own routine in the ‘Yoga studio’ app. This is because I know I don’t want to do anything sweaty and I don’t want to have to do stuff on my bedroom floor. Tiny steps

The key is just getting music going and then getting myself onto a floor or surface where I can move. Barriers that sometimes pop up are feeling like the floor is dirty, or I need a mat to lay down on. By starting off with a core warm up, it’s usually enough to get me going towards handstands cause it fires me up.

I just say to myself that I only need to exercise for say, 8 minutes. Most people can do 8 minutes a day. That’s an attainable expectation. It’s a way to not be so hard on yourself about taking an important step against your own resistance. Your mental resistance might come from you feeling like you have to go harder, faster, longer, stronger than what you did yesterday. It doesn’t have to be like that if you don’t want or need it to be that way. Just simply saying to yourself 'I can do a little today and that is enough' can reinforce the motivation to move while allowing you to accept that doing a little is all you need to get your day going. Sort of like self-empathy. Doesn’t have to be about laziness. Its about doing what you can for the day to make it easier to get through, but knowing that you still have to put some effort into actualization of your goals.

Tapping into your reason or why you wanted to start working out in the first place helps. Finding your internal “why” will give you that extra motivation you need just to start. Once you start momentum will most likely carry you to the finish line.

Try telling yourself every bad thing that will happen to you if you don’t exercise, like diabetes, too much fat, and you’ll die at a younger age. Whatever you do, do not procastinate. Think that if you do it tomorrow I’ll probably be dead already. This may not work for you, but it works for me.

Doing your exercise in the now and not later or tomorrow and some day is the best. You will thank yourself. Stop the excuses!