motivation

[mchuge84]

How are some of u guys that are pro or amatuer stay so motivated? I have allways been a great athlete and love working out and lately its been fight training that i enjoy but it allways seems like i get burned out and end up working more or sitting around my house. I guess my question is how do u guys keep driving ahead?

[FireGuy]

Very simple, its something I love doing. I never think "I have to go workout" I think "I get to go workout".

[mchuge84]

Yeah that is a very good outlook. I guess i feel like i either get kinda obsessed with whatever I am doing so i go balls out all the way or nothing so i get burned out. I dont know how to explain it. my mom gave me a quote when I was younger and in high school during wrestling. It said "when you are not training someone somewhere is and when you meet him he will win". So iv always tried to go all out but have trouble getting burned out.

[MotoLifter]

when workout days come up im excited for it. granted sometimes im tired or just not in a great mood. but looking at the log book and thinking about beating a prior workout, or watching some pro heavy training dvd and im ready to go.just have to find a way. but that quote mom gave ya is a great one!


Moto

[mchuge84]

Yeah I have had that one laminated and on my wall since I was 16. Thanks for the info.

[(TLF) CHAMPION54]

Music is the best motivation........I listen to Metallica, Hatebreed, Linkin Park, and System of a down befor I hit the gym.

[Okinawa_Power]

My gym in my sanctuary!!!!!!!!!! It is a place I find a peice of mind.......My second home....

[bucks_243]

It's different for all of us. For some I think they just LOVE it. For the less fortunate (like me) it's routine. I have to go lift on certain times on certain days and no matter how bad I don't want to go I drag my ass there. Every time I don't go I feel like a fvcking bum. I also think it helps to have a partner sometimes and change the gym your going to. Sometimes I have to change my routine to stay motived and switch up the monotony of it all.

Everyone gets in a rut, you just have to figure your own way to get out of it.

[bucks_243]

Or drink 3 redbulls and snort two servings of NO Xplode

*joking*

[awesome1]

pre workout supplements are always fun. Caffeine is a badass drug.

[Monster87]

Sometimes it's hard to get to the gym 2x a day for AM cardio and weights, what keeps me motivated is realizing that all the hard work is giving me a step up on everyone else. For instance, on Halloween, when everyone was out getting drunk, I was in the gym doing heavyass squats. Then I woke up the next morning bigger, stronger and leaner; and everyone else in town woke up hungover .

[mchuge84]

Thanks for all ur input guys its good to see how other fellow lifters keep up on themselves.