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 […]
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The Case for Vigorous Movement – For Those Not Motivated by Pure Vanity
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 […]
Read MoreWhen You Feel Unmotivated
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 […]
Read MoreYou Will Exhaust Your Motivation Soon
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 […]
Read More3 Questions for Motivation That Could Be More Powerful Than “Why”
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.
Read MoreThe Hard Fact About Motivation
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 […]
Read More66 Unconventional Ways for Exceptional Fat Loss, Fitness and Health
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 […]
Read MoreTwo Types of Motivation
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.
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