<p>I need to get ready for Track season, but I can't get motivated enough to run, and I keep putting it off till tomorrow. What do you do when you feel like this?</p>
<p>Believe me, I’ve felt this way before. It’s really all about having goals. The hope of a certain payoff is always a really good motivator. For example, I missed being a league all-star in indoor track literally by one placement (I came in third in a race. Had I come in second…). I really want to be a league all-star this season. So the idea of working towards that goal is what’s getting me out there running every day. </p>
<p>Also, after a long day in school, just think how nice it is to be outside, pursuing something completely not academic. It makes the whole day a bit better. </p>
<p>And of course creating a great running playlist always makes me giddy to get out there.</p>
<p>Find some other people to exercise with. When I started working out I wasn’t really motivated, but then I started going to the gym with friends. You don’t want to seem weak to them and they don’t want to seem weak to you, so there is mutual motivation. I did that for the first month and now I’m into the rhythm of working out, and I am motivated to go by myself. I’m not sure if that will work for everyone, but it worked for me.</p>
<p>Six-packs abs!!!</p>
<p>I don’t.
Lol, but honestly I do that 50 min. work/10 min. break schedule & I often workout during the “break”. Clears my head, makes me less tired, get healthier by the second, etc.</p>
<p>I used to run with my brother, when he had to train for basketball. We ran 2 miles every week, and just shot some hops for fun. Exercising is WAY better when one has a companion. I hope you can pull yourself together good luck :)</p>
<p>I just look at my legs and tell myself that I’ll have to wear shorts in a couple of weeks … gets me out for a jog every night :).</p>
<p>I listen to Miley Cyrus to get pumped up.</p>
<p>I look at myself in the mirror. :/</p>
<p>Imagine how you will look in five years if you don’t.</p>
<p>Plan it. If you timetable in exactly what you’re going to do and when, its a lot less easy to just put it off</p>
<p>Lol I just read People or Seventeen, feel bad about myself because I dont look like the movie stars/models, and then go run. </p>
<p>Also I listen to good music (Paolo Nutini, The Foundations, Hal and Oates, etc.)</p>
<p>I use a site called Spark People for fitness. It’s nice because it has forums and teams based on what you like. </p>
<p>Buuuut if I had money, I would totally get “Zombies! RUN!” It’s an app costing about 8 dollars and it’s an immersive audio game where you run to escape hordes of the undead. If I weren’t broke…</p>
<p>Anyone can lose weight, and anyone can exercise on a regular basis. How is that? Willpower. One might ask then, “do I have the willpower required to do so and so?” Yes, everyone has willpower to achieve whatever goal he or she has set out for himself or herself. One might ask again, “If everyone has willpower, then why do some people fail in achieving their goals?” The reason is that willpower is a kind of energy that can either be dormant or constantly activated in your brain. It’s like a sort of switch. In that case, how do you turn on the switch? Willpower is activated by motive, and motive is created through desire. This means that the stronger and more intense your desire to achieve something, the more reinforced your motive becomes, and proportionally you “switch on” your willpower. </p>
<p>People fail when striving to achieve goals, because they become distracted by the effort required to reach it, and forget the beauty of the journey and finally the attainment of the goal. As a result, they let their desire flag, which in turn weakens willpower and leads to failure. Conclusion: Constantly reinforce your desire to reach something, and acknowledge that every single one of us has the power to reach his or her goal. The pain will fade, but the goal will surely stay forever. This is especially true when studying for a final exam, or standardized exam like the SAT. For example, I personally maintained a positive mental attitude for six months, only focusing on the goal, and thus became oblivious to the obvious effort required to reach such a goal. In the end, the months passed, and the goal arrived: a 99+ percentile SAT score. If you realize that you have failed in reaching a goal or making the effort required, acknowledge that it wasn’t because you weren’t able to, but because you didn’t really want it that bad.</p>
<p>I just think about how much I cared during season. I also think about every single thing that I could have done better during the last season, and go watch people who are insanely better than me and on a higher level so I can be inspired and feel like I HAVE to improve and practice/exercise/get back in shape. Getting a partner who has the same problem or is very supportive is also really helpful. I clear out my schedule so that I’ll have a block of time to train. Also, I look in the mirror. That usually does it.</p>
<p>imagine yourself to be a super strong and fast ninja and work towards that.</p>
<p>of course, you have to realize you won’t actually turn into the super strong and fast ninja you’re imagining in one go, but keeping the image in your head definitely helps</p>
<p>It is hard to get motivated if you haven’t been working out regularly. It is something like inertia, if you have been doing it then it is easier to continue and if you have not then it becomes harder to get going again.</p>
<p>Have you thought about a running partner? If you have someone that is there waiting for you everyday then it might be easier. If possible you can try to get a group together. That way you will all develop a sense of camaraderie and competition that will help with the motivation.</p>
<p>Basically what you have to do is make the running a habit. Like brushing your teeth before you go to bed. You go and run every day at the same time. If you do this then your body will get used to it. You will develop a natural rhythm and your schedule will start to work around your running time.</p>
<p>Running is something that can be so addictive. Getting that runners high and feeling like you can do anything because you managed to push yourself to go further or faster are the best.</p>
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<p>I grab my lovehandles and go, “aurhfgushgruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MUST RUNNNNNNNNN.”
and i grab my dog and we go
hasta la vista bby</p>
<p>Watch a food documentary that tries to make you into a vegan.</p>