It gets better and better every time. And you start to think why you’ve wasted your mornings without an exercise, at least a quick one
My morning dance routines are all practice for the summer camp I work at. It doesn’t just benefit me to practice, it also benefits the campers I’ll see next summer and fills me with fond memories of my time at camp through the years.
My goal is to strengthen my indurance in doing physical activities. If you have a goal, you will be dedicated to do exercise daily until it becomes a habit. I still have a long way to go but I’m trying to do it one step at a time.
Develop a routine that triggers the behavior. Have a tangible goal that requires increased strength or endurance that only exercise can supply. If the goal includes others, you won’t want to let them down by not completing your exercise program. Get enough sleep. Fatigue can kill your resolve. Decide under what conditions you can either make a workout lighter or skip it altogether. Write them down as specifically as possible. When I want to skip, check your list. Listen to your body. Lightening the workout is better than a complete skip. Workout with a friend or trainer. Pick activities you enjoy.
By thinking why I started to exerise. To reach my goal as well
Get an exercise app for your phone. Get dressed and choose a workout that is doable for you and not to long like 10/15 minutes. When you’re ready don’t think about it for long and just click start. Forbidd yourself to cancel the workout and fight yourself through it. Afterwards you’ll be proud of yourself and might want to boost this feeling by doing another one :)
You think about yourself and the benefits of exercising. You are moving your body, you are getting the blood flowing, losing calories, trying to get the body you want and trying to build a healthy lifestyle. You become more motivated after and will be happy that you actually exercised, instead of staying home and doing nothing. You are putting work in to become a better version of yourself. You keep all that in your mind and go hard.
Nike has good advice on this one: Just Do It. Motivation to exercise might not happen immediately. But just lying down on the floor. Doing a sit-up. Then another. Then another. Or just pretending to jump rope in place. Get your blood flowing. And once you start you will likely feel like you might as well keep going. Or just lace up your jogging shoes and start at a brisk walk. Then maybe pick a landmark down the road and tell yourself you’ll run to that. And then pick another and run to the next landmark. And celebrate these little wins. Try to make it a game with yourself.
The easiest way for me to exercise is turning on my favorite music and then just start dancing.
I leave my yoga mat out on the floor right by my bed so it’s there when I wake up. I also love the feeling you get after exercising and once you get addicted to that feeling it definitely motivates you and makes you actually want to exercise!
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