16 Tips For Working Out When You Have Zero Motivation
We all have those days.
Whether you're a beginner or a total gym rat, there are just some days when your motivation will NOT SHOW UP.
To help, we asked members of the BuzzFeed Community and Brick CrossFit head coach Erica Giovinazzo, MS, RD, for their best tips on how to get pumped on days when you're just not feeling it. Here's what they said:
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Just put on the clothes.
"Once I’m dressed I have a hard time talking myself out of going."
Write down how you feel after every workout so you can read it on days you're lacking motivation.
"I keep a little notebook that I write in after every good workout. Things like 'You always feel better when you're done' or 'You never regret forcing yourself to do it.' I then flip through it on the days when I need an extra push, and it helps me to remember my post-workout high."
Tell yourself you only have to work out for 10 minutes, then if you really want to, you can stop.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time, after 10 minutes, I'll be pumped up and want to keep going. There are those days, though, that I can't do a minute longer and call it a day and go home... and those days, I still feel good about having done something, because 10 minutes is better than zero!"
—Colleen Suratt, Facebook
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