Quick Tips for Being More Fired Up About Exercise

Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by Fitaz in Motivation, Solutions, Training

Here are some quick tips for being more fired up about exercise to gain the best results from your time:

1. Analyse situation and set goals

Before you start, ask why are you getting active. Is it to be fitter, live longer, sleep better, fell happier, be more focussed, look better, lose weight…?

Based on this, make specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-bound (SMART) goals. For example, don’t just say ‘I want to lose weight’. Say ‘I want to lose 5kg by the end of next month’.

2. Create emotional ties. Think about how much you want that goal to come true, how you will feel when it does, how it will make you feel in your everyday activities etc. Get emotional about it and when you’re feeling discouraged, go back to that feeling.

3. Adopt and enforce a healthy, maintainable, habitual activity plan. A personal trainer or gym consultant would be able to help you work out an activity plan that is right for you.

4. Revisit goals and analyse progress.

5. Join a group or sporting team or get a trainer to enforce a commitment factor.

And remember…

Pump some tunes. Whether it’s something up-beat, 80’s dance music or some rap R&B that works for you, music has been proven to actually change your physiological state. Listening to music while you exercise lowers percieved exertion and stress on the body so toxins and amino acids are worked out more effectively. You get a better workout, recover faster and don’t even realize you’re working so hard!
Set goals. Setting specific, measurable, important goals, creating an emotional attachment to them and then working out how you can achieve them. Goal setting is very effective in motivating productive exercise.
Just a little more. Remember, you are always physically capable of so much more than you think. So push yourself, break that mental barrier and be surprised about how far you can go.

Come on it’s easy! Start getting active today and see how easy it is to be happier and more fired up for life.