๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธโฆ โฃโฃ
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Itโs dark, itโs cold, and every night around 4:30pm Iโve been cringing at the thought of getting started with my workout. โฃโฃ
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Staying home on my couch with netflix & dinner seems so much more appealing. โฃโฃ
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Iโm tired, my energy is low and honestly, my motivation to workout has been slim to none. โฃโฃ
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๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐? โฃโฃ
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As a trainer I see this happen every December: empty gyms, ghosting clients, and canceled workouts. โฃโฃ
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๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. โฃโฃ
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด: โฃโฃ
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โ Thanks to the holidays, youโre busier, more stressed, more overwhelmed, and making a workout a priority on your endless to-do list just doesnโt seem practical. โฃโฃ
โ Time changes, darkness at 4pm, and cold weather are never fun. Less vitamin D, less sunshine, and impaired sleep may lead to more stress, anxiety, depression, and just overall lack of energy. โฃโฃ
โ Youโre experiencing a little bit of that all or nothing mindset. If youโre just going to be eating all the Christmas cookies later, does a workout really make sense? Once itโs January it will get easier and youโll be able to start fresh. โฃโฃ
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But hereโs the good news: itโs possible to make some changes now so you donโt have to put off your health until January. โฃโฃ
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Take action and ๐๐๐๐๐, even and especially when youโre not feeling it. The hardest part is starting and usually once you get going youโll be just fine.โฃย
So how do you actually do that?
- Promise yourself youโll just make it through the warm up. If after that, you still want to stop, full permission. (disclaimer: Iโm 99% sure you wonโt) โฃ
- Remind yourself of how youโll feel afterwards. As cheesy as it sounds you really donโt ever regret a workout, and youโll most likely feel great after. Also keep in mind how youโll feel if you skip it, likely a little disappointed, regretful, and still low on energy and mood. โฃ
- Recruit a buddy. Itโs a whole lot easier to show up for someone else than it is yourself. Sign up for a class (even if itโs online) to hold yourself accountable, meet a friend in person, via zoom, or simply send a check in text once your workout is complete. โฃ
Here are some other simple tips to try:
- Have a Game Plan of what you’ll be doing
- Schedule your workouts into your day like an important meeting or appointment
- Put a new playlist together, listen to a podcast, etc..
- Get outside and go for a walk instead
- Take a different class or try something new
- Track your progress (log your workouts, use a step tracker, watch, etc…)
- Work towards a goal (think chin ups, push ups, lifting PR, etc…)
- Sign up for a race, event, or competition to train for
- โฃHop into a challenge
- Remove the guilt! If you need rest day, take it.
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Do the best you can and remember that something is ALWAYS better than nothing. The best thing your workout can give you this time of year is therapy and a big old energy and endorphin boost. It may be the very thing youโre missing to feel more motivated, so itโs time to stop the vicious loop by taking action. โฃโฃ
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๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ. โฃโฃ
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๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ!โฃโฃ
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And tell me, how are you workouts going right now? ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ? ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด? ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ? ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ? Fill me in
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