What Motivates You?

Frankieboy

Just wondering if people out there would like to share with the world what helps motivate them. I was wondering cause I find it quite hard to keep my motivation up. Dont be shy now peolpe.

Athloneskate

Furious masturbation....definetly!


Ah no, I find if you just stick with it for a couple of weeks the differences I notice is enough for me to keep wanting to lift.

*Angel*

Well at the start of last summer my friend and I agreed to go for a run mon-fri everyday, the fact that we agreed this made me stick to it, and I found that we always pushed and encouraged each other.

0utshined

I didn't like who I was and don't want to be like that again.

I find if I don't exercise for more than two days in a row I don't feel right. I like the high I get from exercise.

accensi0n

I've been really un-motivated as of late.

dawballz

accensi0n wrote:

I've been really un-motivated as of late.

Me too.

DrIndy

you need to feel the exercise buzz...... its easier to do this if you don't force yourself into exercise and not overdoing it........

logic1

.logic.

Frying Squirrel

Music works great for me, but some songs are more motivational than others

incisor71

Frying Squirrel wrote:

Music works great for me, but some songs are more motivational than others

For me it's a combination of things, and suitable music during a workout does help enormously, but these are my other sweeteners: -

• Being able to fit into smaller-sized jeans I wore comfortably two years back, and feeling that much younger as a result
• Not having my tummy stop me from rolling over when I'm in bed
• Compliments from family and friends who may not see me in a few months - mind you, I've never known them to say "geez you've put on a lot of weight haven't you?"
• Tangible improvements to definition in my arms and legs
• Not wanting to degenerate to my post-study flab status and all its accompanying self-consciousness/negative emotions/self-generated put-downs
• The empowering feeling of having taken control of food and body, and made them work in my favour - after all, the brain tells the body what to do!

Pick whichever ones you like, and leave the rest.

uum

I remember being small and weak and vulnerable.
There nothing better than knowing you can throw a 100kg man over your head. Well throw an 80kg man. lift a100kg man fully over the head if he let me
That kind of confidence cant be bought

Aurther Hugh

Women in magazines of child-size proportions. (the women, not the magazines )

uum

Aurther Hugh wrote:

Women in magazines of child-size proportions. (the women, not the magazines )

thats the wierdest thing ive ever heard. kind a sick too

Aurther Hugh

uum wrote:

thats the wierdest thing ive ever heard. kind a sick too

hairybeanbag

What motivates me??
A good ride

Mr E

uum wrote:

thats the wierdest thing ive ever heard. kind a sick too

I'm guessing Aurther is female.... Then it makes sense.

I don't think skinny curveless girls in magazines are something to aspire to, but who am I to judge?

Lamar

basically i made a picture in my mind of what i want my body to look like and it works a treat for me...it keeps me goin

Aurther Hugh

TmB wrote:

I'm guessing Aurther is female.... Then it makes sense.

I don't think skinny curveless girls in magazines are something to aspire to, but who am I to judge?

Yeah I was just joking, with reference ridiculously unattainable ideals is all.

BaZmO*

TmB wrote:

I don't think skinny curveless girls in magazines are something to aspire to, but who am I to judge?

That's one thing I really don't understand. If you asked most women if they felt under pressure to be slim the majority of them would say yes and they would list "Women's Magazines" as the main contributing factor for these feelings. Now with that in mind, why the hell would they keep buying the bloody things?

OT. I'd have to go with logic1 and his choice. RS is my hero.

B.

Cremated

Listening to music keeps you going whilst there, but to keep it up as a thing of life

picture something that makes you feel bad about the way you are now,

then aim to try and change it,

so if it's getting bigger, then everytime you think of eating or something,

think of that thing you feel, and if it's something you really feel, then it will be enough to keep you on the right track....

Gillo

Pushing myself to the max, yeah baby yeah!!!!

But seriously, I love to push myself as hard as I can, wheither thats a few extra lenghts in the pool, runnign that bit extra or a few more reps on the weights.

At risk of sounding vain, but lookign at myself in the mirror after a workout, when your muscles are all pumped, motivates me also.

incisor71

I, as mentioned on previous occasions, have absolutely no sporting or athletic talent (I can't see the point in watching it if I'm not capable of joining in), I don't work on a building site or for a furniture removal firm and I don't (usually) lift obese patients onto hospital trolleys.

Can you guys come up with some more reasons for motivation towards fitness, but reasons that do not relate to sport?

Contributions from present and former underdogs who are not genetically gifted in the strength department are especially welcome!!!

joejoem

1) That I pay €50 a month to the gym, I made up in my mind that they are lauging at everyone paying that money since you dont use it enough to justify that money. Now I go as much as I can to screw them for value.

2) I have a set work out, its written down and I follow it to the word each time. Its much easier to go in when you know what work outs you have to do.

3) The way it makes you look, to put on a t shirt and see the results through it. Or to get up to go to the bathroom at night and see your refletcion and think - I am part of the elite/fit people.

4) Music

5) Knowing how much better you will feel teh next day etc and that you never/rarely get sick

incisor71

joejoem wrote:

it. Or to get up to go to the bathroom at night and see your refletcion and think - I am part of the elite/fit people.

No slighting intended towards your contribution, joejoem, but I am not part of that idyllic elite you speak of, and that's the reason why I revived the thread in the first place. I should have made this clarification, sorry! I find that the journey towards the elite status can be a lonely one, and fraught with enormous frustration.

BaZmO*

incisor71 wrote:

No slighting intended towards your contribution, joejoem, but I am not part of that idyllic elite you speak of, and that's the reason why I revived the thread in the first place. I should have made this clarification, sorry! I find that the journey towards the elite status can be a lonely one, and fraught with enormous frustration.

What are you on about? What do you want from people on here? Some kind of magic pill that you take that'll make you go to the gym all time? It doesn't work that way.

Different people get their motivation from different places.

At the end of the day, you HAVE to really want to get results. You can't fool yourself when it comes to gaining positive results.

B.

incisor71

BaZmO* wrote:

What are you on about? What do you want from people on here? Some kind of magic pill that you take that'll make you go to the gym all time? It doesn't work that way.

Different people get their motivation from different places.

At the end of the day, you HAVE to really want to get results. You can't fool yourself when it comes to gaining positive results.

B.

Easy, now! I don't for one minute fool myself into thinking that there's a quick fix. But I'm no superhuman either, and I'd appreciate you acknowledging that we can't all be ultra-confident and highly motivated all the time.

So much for self-expression!

joejoem

Sorry Incissor, I thought this was a new thread and I only read the first few. I hope I didnt come accross as pompus or vain. But as far as my motivation goes, yeah they are as above. I still have a long way to go but the hardest part is the first month. After that you start to notice muscles, weight loss in certain areas, veins where there was none etc and each moment you look at your reflection you get excited about what will change next. I think as far as getting to the gym your best bet is to get a set work out for four nights a week, it sounds like allot but its not, just one hour after work each second day. Do your work out each night and sort out your diet. It will become like a challene for you and you will enjoy it. Get through that first month and when you see those changes you will find your motivation! Best of luck with it.

roberteboot

Seeing progress.Any kind of progress.No matter what kind of state your in whether your overweight and are trying to lose weight,underweight and desperately trying to put on weight,or already the ultimate muscle man but just want to lift that little bit more you can ALWAYS see progress.Theres no end to it.The sense that your doing something.That your achieving something.I think thats what motivates alot of people.Even if your not in any way athletic you can still make progress and take pride in that fact.

incisor71

Before I type anything else, thank you joejoem!

joejoem wrote:

I hope I didnt come accross as pompus or vain.

Not at all, just proud of your work. I didn't mean to imply that you were narcissistic. I was just concerned that those who were doing frighteningly heavy deadlifts of, say, 150kg or a similarly stratospheric weight would simply write me off as a first-class wimp.

joejoem wrote:

I think as far as getting to the gym your best bet is to get a set work out for four nights a week, it sounds like allot but its not, just one hour after work each second day.

Check. You're right, four times weekly isn't a lot if one is expecting improvements. Even when I absolutely do not feel like it I'll still go to the gym four times a week. And I pre-plan what weight I'll be lifting for each exercise before the session itself.

I still find cardio a pain (not literally, fortunately), but one can't have it every way!

joejoem wrote:

Do your work out each night and sort out your diet.

Done. I've enacted the regime of 5-6 small meals in a day, alternate fruit/veg with each meal, lots of water, no fatty/fried food, no red meat, no eating after 7pm, just one "treat" day (Sunday) in a week.

Admittedly, it's only in the last three weeks that I've gotten myself organised enough to switch from 3 big meals to 5-6 meals, but it's very pleasant to never feel hungry during waking hours.

joejoem wrote:

Get through that first month and when you see those changes you will find your motivation!

It's now Month 6 since I started walking out of Flab City, but I've learned a great deal in the meantime, and (in relative terms) can't remember ever being in as good a shape as now.

joejoem wrote:

Best of luck with it.

Cheers mate. Thanks for the inspirational writing!