How do you motivate yourself to work out after a 10-hour work day when you’re feeling exhausted and hungry?

Ashtanga yoga taught me to just “get on my mat”. The hardest part is just getting started. If I tell myself, I can do 5 min of this, or 8 min, then I can get started. And once I get started I usually want to keep exercising longer. I think it’s really about starting out slow with small amounts of time and once your body gets used to it you start craving it. Also, if I’m really tired or hungry I’ll have a little snack before I get started. Even sometimes a bit of black tea with honey to give a little caffeine boost. And I take L-Argenine supplement too as it helps muscles with oxygen uptake during exercise, and sometimes a taurine supplement. I remind myself how good I will feel after exercising, and how good it will feel to accomplish my goal. That a little discomfort now will make me feel so much better later!

That’s clearly not the time to workout. I would never be able to motivate to do that. I workout in the morning after a good nights rest and when my mind is calmer. I set out the clothes, pickthe workout, set it all up beforehand so all I have to decide is to take tiny steps that are already in place (and on my Fabulous morning routine). Decision fatigue is real and motivation is not the answer. Doing what you can, just small changes one at a time, is the only way to change wherethere is any resistance involved. If it’s an important change there will be resistance. Just work with it. It ain’tgonna disappear.

What you do is no matter what you don’t give up you keep pushing and pushing .if your tired your tired let it go it will pass and always give hundred percent

I schedule my exercise and treat it like I would an appointment with an important customer. I schedule it for before I get home so I’m not distracted by chores or other family obligations. It helps that I really enjoy my workout. Finding something you love to do certainly helps.

Having a plan is a key. You need to remember that workout is a stressful effort, therefore a relaxing session helps in gaining motivation.

I do everything I can to exercise in morning before work, otherwise I I’ll always convince myself out of doing it at all

You shouldn’t work out when feeling hungry. Keep nuts or some other healthy snack at work, or try to reschedule your meals.

Well what if u try and get up early so that u work out before work. U will be energised throughout the day too; U will feel happy u have done something good in the morning .Also after work u will be able to rest properly.hope this helps :D

I know that I will be tired in the evening, so I plan to do a quick workout in the morning. Just five to ten minutes of yoga are enough to set me up for a better day ahead.

I know that every time I exercise I feel a thousand times better, gets more energized and it clears my head and I make a promise to someone that I will exercise.