What Triggers Your Motivation
To Exercise?

Your Emotions Trigger your Motivation to Exercise

How?

When I was a teen, my sole purpose to exercise was just this - to look good in any dress I wore.

That kept me on my toes to exercise. Believe me.

Hey! Don't jump the gun yet! I know there are other stuffs that could trigger you to exercise.

Stuffs like:

• To impress your boy friend or girl friend with a good-looking body....
• To attract a boy or a girl you set your eyes on.....
• To look your best in swimsuit, mini skirts, gowns, hip-hugging jeans....
• To look strong and healthy
• To feel good about yourself

Hmmmm.....I'm sure you can add many more stuffs to the list.

OK. These are what I call the emotional "guns".

The question is, how do you get your "triggers" of motivation to exercise, to stay on, day after day, month after month?

Not easy. I know.

Been there. Done that.

The "secret" is just this - what makes you decide to exercise in the first place?

That would hit the bull's eye right where it is!

Is it because -

• You're "passionate" about exercise? Ah... Just so you know, very few people are in this category.

  So why? Is it because you love and enjoy the exercise? Or exercise is fun for you? It has got to be either one of the two!

• You lose weight through exercise?
• You literally enjoy good health and a sickness-and-disease-free life?
• You get to keep your body slim and trim?
• You sleep well each night?
• You're full of energy and stamina everyday; tiredness and fatigue aren't in your dictionary?
• Mentally, you become clear, keen and sharp?

Ooh! I can tell you, your "trigger" of motivation to exercise lies somewhere.

What you need to do is to trace back to the time when you feel extremely motivated to "pull that trigger".

Bang! That's it.

You're on track!

Don't believe me?

All right. The next time you start to feel lazy or undisciplined, think about the trigger.

I promise you, you'll go back on to exercise!

One more thing, sticking with an exercise program is more than just motivation.

You need time, discipline, patience and a daily commitment to see it grow.

There isn't a shortcut but once you make exercise a part of your life, you'll do it unconsciously and effortlessly.

And once you enjoy the feeling of well-being, reduced stress and increased strength and stamina you get from exercise, you'll go on because you don't want to lose it.

Wanna peek into some practical tips to fire up your motivation to exercise?

How about these?

• Make your exercise fun and interesting. It's the fun and interesting part that stirs up your desire to exercise again and again.

  How? Don't do the same old, same old, day in and day out. Creatively, change your exercise frequently, to stop boredom creeping in

• Fit exercise into your schedule whenever possible. Say, do a six 5-minute spurts of exercise in a day can be just as powerful as one 30-minute routine.

  This means if you can’t exercise all in one go; try break it up and do several times a day

• Don’t make your routine too hard by exercising too intensely. You'll feel it's too hard for you and want to quit.

  Try exercising a little bit longer at a slower pace instead of burning yourself out

• If you fall off the routine, no big deal! Just get yourself back on and start up slowly

Can you see it's not hard to have motivation to exercise?

It's simple. So don't make it complicated.

If you follow what I show you, you'll stay put right to the end, without even consciously knowing it.

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