Motivation – Reps And The Rest

Eliminating The Problem of Low Motivation

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As long as you keep thinking of training and exercise as “the thing I enjoy doing” you’ll keep running into the mentally barbed wire obstacles of low motivation and diminished willpower. Regardless of how many positive shivers you feel towards training today, there will be days when, much like scooping up strangers dog poop, it’s the last thing you feel like doing. Instead of trying to break through those obstacles, it’s better to bypass them altogether. To do so, you’ll…

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The Case for Vigorous Movement – For Those Not Motivated by Pure Vanity

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This is the monster article I mentioned a while back. I got inspired to write it after reading this 52 page research, Role of Inactivity in Chronic Diseases: Evolutionary Insight and Pathophysiological Mechanisms. A real page-turner. And heavily referenced in this article. Here’s what to expect: Part I is about the benefits of participating in frequent vigorous movement, beyond of the “to look good on Instagram”. Yes, for most people a part of training motivation is the vanity aspect. That’s cool….

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When You Feel Unmotivated

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We all have times when we are on the verge of stopping because the goal just feels too enormous and intimidating. Maybe the goal looks like a small dot in the horizon. Maybe it feels like an unbearable mountain with vertical walls, jammed with barbed-wire and razor blade obstacles. And manned machine guns. Most people stop before they get anywhere. I like to call them the start stoppers. They don’t stay on the same route long enough to see results…

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You Will Exhaust Your Motivation Soon

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Did you make a new year’s resolution to improve your health in 2017? Maybe you started a new training routine or decided to eat less chicken nuggets? There’s a great chance that you are about to have a dip in motivation. And you want to be ready for it when it hits.

3 Questions for Motivation That Could Be More Powerful Than “Why”

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I’ve written extensively (excessively, even?) on the benefits of finding your why to help you to stay motivated (or is it discipline?) and follow through with the activities that you’ve set out to do.

The Hard Fact About Motivation

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We are what we repeatedly do. – Aristotle Motivation increases as we make promises to ourselves and keep them. The size of the promise doesn’t matter. By doing what you said you’d do you’ll empower yourself for future success. You’ll increase the awareness of self-control and licence yourself to accept more responsibility of your life. When you hold on to your promise you will build integrity and become the person who does what you said you would do. As much…

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66 Unconventional Ways for Exceptional Fat Loss, Fitness and Health

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Search the Internet for how to lose fat and you are bound to get about million hits with everything from how to time your macros to which way to hold a fork when eating an egg. Some of the points in this post are more philosophical and some are more practical. I first wrote hundred points but came to conclusion that the last thing we need is another post on the best protein sources and whether boiled potato has…

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Two Types of Motivation

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This is a short post. I wanted to share a great little tip to try if you’ve been struggling with your health and fitness routine lately or if you are someone who is just starting out. You are going to find out what type of motivation works for you.