How do you stay motivated?

Do it and motivation follows. Action drives motivation, not the other way around.

What are your goals? Why do you want to work out? If you outline that, then get in there and start making it happen, the changes you'll see are more motivational than anything extrinsic.

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How do you stay motivated?

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I like the group(s) I work out with. If it were not for them, I could not keep going.

I like to be complete and total a-hole to my wife sometimes. That way, there's always a real possibility that she leaves me. If she leaves, I need to not be a complete lard arse to pull some tail.......boom, motivation.

Discipline beats motivation every time. Discipline is the correct answer.

It’s like anything else in life. You either want it or you don’t. I have to be strong. I have to be in shape. In my eyes, being weak means I can’t step up and protect my family when it matters. It sounds stupid and archaic, but my mindset is always be ready to roll. Part of that is being strong and in good shape. So, I train hard.

After my pre workout kicks in, I have this feeling of pent up rage needing to be let out

I love lifting weights . I work a stressful
Job so when I have the chance it helps me unwind

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I find that focusing on health is all the motivation I need. Look at people that are relatively young (50s, 60s) and who can barely move around or who have early-stage dementia and shite like that.

You actions today can prevent that from happening to you.

For me, it’s races. I’ve become a full-on runner because race day is so much fun and I can achieve tangible goals with hard training.

Some people desire a particular body and work to achieve that goal.

Some want to eclipse a certain number of pounds whether it’s losing weight or pushing a bar off their chest.

Point is, you have to have goals to stay motivated or else it’s just a chore.

It helps if you work for an a-hole like i use too....now that I'm retired I pump iron because I want too

One of the techniques my trainer always told me was remembering imagine all those times you could have trained, or worked out. Where would you be today if you hadn't said no and didn't go work out.