Its up to you

Willpower

Before you can start to physically make progress you have to understand commitment. In order to reach your fitness goal you have to be able to push yourself. Yes, you can have family, friends, coaches or even personal trainers to help you but they are not in your body so they can’t control how much effort you put in. A big thing about willpower is “getting up, getting out, and getting it done.” What I mean by that is everyday you have to make the decision to get up and plan to workout. Speaking for myself, finding time to workout is difficult if you have busy days. When I workout I spend at least 2 hours at the gym, so finding a certain amount of time out of my day that I can spend working out can be tough. YOU as a person make your OWN decisions. Ultimately no one can make you choose to do anything. You are the only person who can make yourself workout weekly and become consistent.But it’s not easy to keep up what you’ve started.

Consistency

When you start you shouldn’t really stop until you reach your goal. Also, if you want to progress beyond your goal don’t allow yourself to settle for less. Don’t stop. For example if you start by working out 2 times a week, then be consistent and go for at least a month twice a week. After you have committed to going twice a week, push for three times a week and progress from there. I personally go everyday a week and take a break on weekends. I have committed to that, even though it’s difficult I have built a willpower and consistency that has made me actually want to go. Your body needs to rest so don’t push too hard, that’s why weekends can you be your time to rest.The hardest part is once you have allowed yourself to rest…its hard to get back into the same routine or pace you had before you took the break. I base my self control and determination on how I feel. What I mean by this is, I genuinely feel better when I go to the gym so when I start to slack off on going I start to not to feel my best.

Mind over matter

Reaching your fitness goal is really based on your mindset. Working out is all a mental game. Yes of course working out is physical…duh, but its more mental than anything. You have to mentally prepare yourself to 1. take time out of your day to make yourself work for what you want, 2. make sure once you start you don’t let yourself slow down and work less and less once you start to get lazy, 3. when you workout, push yourself…one more rep, little more burn and feel a little more sweaty.

It feels good

When you take time out of your day to better yourself; IT FEELS GOOD. Making sure you work on yourself is super important. Personally I thrive mentally when I feel at my best, so that is what I aim for and I use the gym to help me with that.