I like to go to the gym at my corporation but can’t get there til after my first work meeting of the day. How do you motivate yourself to get from the office to the gym if you do that?

I always treated fitness like any other meeting or appointment: put it on the calendar, prepare for it, and own it like a boss!

Maybe reframe it as a coffee break to collect your thoughts from the meeting and prep for the rest of the day. 15-45 minutes is a fair enough break for anyone to take. Use it to zone out and work your body to become refreshed mentally, physically, and emotionally

That’s a hard one, but I try to view Exercise as a stress release. If you think of it as a benefit to you/your health then you begin to feel less like it’s a chore and start viewing it as a reward. You’ll do your meeting and then afterwards you get to treat yourself to a workout.

I imagine myself being at gym already, doing some really nice exercise, being excellent at it. That makes me high and being waiting to go to gym as soon as possible

I like to try and make sure that I pat myself on the back after I do something like my first meeting of the day and try to use that as a jumping point to motivate myself to workout

I can imagine to myself the phisical and mental state that I wiil be in after the gym as if it already happened. So the pleasant imaginary state will motivate me to go to the gym as I’m eager to experience it in real life.

I suggest that you go to bed earlier so you can wake up earlier so you can exercise before work so you can shower before work so you can look professional for your first meeting of the day. Also, if something comes up, you won’t have to skip the gym because you already went.

Well I’m not sure I can say this advice easily translates to others but I have played competitive sports for most of my life and even at the professional level. The truth is, I have learned pure determination and dedication because of it; not to mention the discipline I have had instilled in me from fellow friends, teammates, and coaches whom I admired and respected tremendously. It also helps that I have brought with me from my training, an ability to push myself every time no matter what. So here is what I say: Just do it! Don’t think about it, don’t prolong it, just get up and do it! :)

Don’t think about it and just do. Psychological reality is not real. I have faith that no matter how you feel about your body, the body probably has more than enough energy to take you back and forth nonstop for at least 5 hrs.

I think about future. Good shape can help more in my work, I started thinking how change my attitude to work or some points. When I discover the real reason of stopping me visiting a gym, so then I can think how to change this situation.