How do I Stay Motivated?

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Now that we are aware of why we should become motivated, here are ways of how we could stay motivated, and keep fitness our main focus in mind. Firstly, we should know what we are trying to get to, our goal. It could either be to lose weight or to gain muscles, or it could be both. There are other reasons of why people workout, such as to improve their breathing, boost up their energy or even memory, lower their anxiety, etc... Once we know what we are trying to reach physically, we make a schedule. We could google what we are supposed to do, but there will be no need for that unless you are trying to find a specific schedule of a certain muscle, but besides that, I will be saying generally what to do, so you will just have to follow me!

In order to loose weight, cardio is what is mostly recommended. To begin, cardio, is physical exercise which makes the heart start pounding at fast pace, working hard. I consider cardio very fun and from my personal experiences, you will begin realizing that you will want to run more on the treadmill. Also, if you were to keep track of your scores, which are the amount of miles, speed and time it had taken, you will improve and you will want to keep going while running to simply beat the last run you had ran. You will keep challenging yourself. There are other options to cardio machines acting as the treadmill, like mentioned before, the stairs, the elliptical, etc... Furthermore, there aren't only machines for cardio, there are schedules as well! Take a look at this picture below.

Instead of focusing mostly on machines, you could follow a schedule that does the same effect. Moving on to gaining muscles, you are able to use every machine at the gym, as long as you follow the couple instructions, (which are usually on the front) mentioning the proper way to use that machine in order to not pull a muscle or cause other harm to your body. There is always the option to grab the weights on the side and create your own exercises. Also, each machine works out a specific muscle, and you will apprehend that there are machines you will like much more than others. That is because you could be doing something on a daily basis that already works out that muscle and you haven't even realized, and the weight you had set up on that machine is heavy, unlike other muscles.

Besides, other ways to keep moving are to try to be inspired. Make an effort to watch some youtubers' videos and look at others people's before and after pictures. You can surely find the schedules they used. Also, think of the future body you will have. That should be very motivating and helpful. Keep a picture in mind of a body you want to look like to keep you going.

Finally, enjoy it! Make it fun! If you stick to a same schedule all day everyday, you will get tired of it and you will want to try something new. Find other schedules, spice it up a bit, and it will be more entertaining for yourself. Try to challenge yourself!

Sources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201205/19-reasons-exercise
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=9k3SVp7nJqeC8Qfs36vwBg
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/how-to-stay-motivated.html
http://www.thesaurus.com/