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vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
May 20 2009 17:54 GMT
#1
So I'm having some motivation problems right now, and I'm looking to TeamLiquid for help on what other people do.

In high school I ran cross-country for 4 years and track for 3 (injured my senior year). I wasn't a superstar, but I was good. Probably could've hit a 4:30s mile senior season and I made the state championship meet in XC my senior year. I ended up having surgery though, in April '08, and was hesitant to go back. Then I finally started training for college XC. I got to school, and I hated the coach and quit the team.

It's been about 7 months since, and I'm feeling the itch again and I also wanna start working out, mainly sparked by running a community 5K that I run every year. I was also less stressed when I ran, I've noticed. My problem is, I can't seem to motivate myself to run and go to the gym. I'll be sitting here and it'll roll around the time that I want to go out and run, and I'll push it back. I keep doing that until it gets to be too late to go out then I lose a day.

My question is, TL, how do you motivate yourself?

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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-20 18:03:16
May 20 2009 18:01 GMT
#2
Turn on Rocky theme songs a half hour before you're supposed to run.

I personally don't need 'motivation' (as you put it, not the literal definition), because I do what I want when I want.
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-20 18:10:08
May 20 2009 18:08 GMT
#3
Hmm well, I run a couple times/week, not so much lately though because my legs hurts a bit. But I love running, I really do. I also lift weights, full body, 3 times a week.

I guess I'm pretty good at pushing myself to work out but some days it's harder. Basically I think you need some sort of goal, it doesn't have to be very complicated or big but something you can strive for. Also you will need to just go and do the workout/run in the beginning, do it although you "really don't feel like it". I find that usually when I get to the gym or out running, I feel better once I get going and then I'm glad I actually worked out cuz I feel strong and usually energetic.

For example, common goals are looking good for the beach, running faster, getting stronger etc. A good idea might be to set a goal weight for a certain date, like 1:st of June. For running you might wanna try and get faster on a certain distance and with lifting weights you could have a goal of benching your own weight.

I wouldn't work out if I didn't have any goal, since then I would feel that there wouldn't be any point really. So my goal is to run 5k/10k faster, I run 5k @ 21:49 now. I run 10k @ 45:31

My second goal right now is basically to look good for the beach season, however shallow it may seem.
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Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
May 20 2009 18:09 GMT
#4
If you have a friend who also runs, set a time with him to go running and then you'll have much less chance of pushing it back. When you set the time you'll obviously want to go running at that point as you can see all the benefits and then when it comes round to it you won't feel like letting your friend down so you'll go out.
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vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
May 20 2009 18:10 GMT
#5
On May 21 2009 03:08 Foucault wrote:
Hmm well, I run a couple times/week, not so much lately though because my knee hurts a bit. But I love running, I really do. I also lift weights, full body, 3 times a week.

I guess I'm pretty good at pushing myself to work out but some days it's harder. Basically I think you need some sort of goal, it doesn't have to be very complicated or big but something you can strive for. Also you will need to just go and do the workout/run in the beginning, do it although you "really don't feel like it". I find that usually when I get to the gym or out running, I feel better once I get going and then I'm glad I actually worked out cuz I feel good and strong.

For example, common goals are looking good for the beach, running faster, getting stronger etc. A good idea might be to set a goal weight for a certain date, like 1:st of June. For running you might wanna try and get faster on a certain distance and with lifting weights you could have a goal of benching your own weight.

I wouldn't work out if I didn't have any goal, since there I would feel that there wouldn't be any point really. So my goals to run 5k faster, I run 5k @ 21:49 now. I run 10k @ 45:31

My second goal right now is basically to look good for the beach season, however shallow it may seem.


Yeah, I should set some goals. I know I still have some gas in the tank - I ran the 5k earlier this month completely dry and pulled 20:33 with agonizing shin pains, because most of my activity has been on turf fields for frisbee. Maybe goals will help.
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32046 Posts
May 20 2009 18:12 GMT
#6
Do a search for rpf on here. That will be you in one year if you don't stop being a whiney bitch.
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vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
May 20 2009 18:31 GMT
#7
On May 21 2009 03:12 Hawk wrote:
Do a search for rpf on here. That will be you in one year if you don't stop being a whiney bitch.


He's just pretty emo. I've got my life straight, I'm just looking for a bit of help on something else, consider this extra-curricular in my life. I'm not bitching about weight issues, just need to figure out how to light a fire under my ass to get myself going.
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32046 Posts
May 20 2009 18:33 GMT
#8
Sign up for one of those marathons for cancer? My friend just did that
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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
May 20 2009 18:36 GMT
#9
hmm I don't know if this would help anyone other than myself. But after years thinking about what de-motivates me to do things, I concluded it was mostly the fear of the unknown. If something is not perfectly clear inside my head, I'm gonna be afraid to do it and will feel lazy about it. If I just stop and think about that thing I should be doing in detail, step-by-step how it should go. And more importantly, how easy it is to do it and how I have no reason not to.. then my laziness disappears and I do it.

Dunno if it's the same thing for other people, but this works for me always.
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