Get the F*#k Out of the Gym
Get the F*#k out of the gym!
Yah, you heard me right. Go. Right now. Run. Don’t walk. Seriously – you’re wasting your time.
You hate what you’re doing.
You’re bored beyond belief.
You can’t understand how that guy next to you has been running on the treadmill for 45 minutes (neither can I).
Does this describe most, if not all, of your trips to the gym?
I can sympathize.
For years I believed that I had to hate what I was doing to reap all of the benefits. I genuinely believed that working out was supposed to suck.
I was so wrong.
I became a teacher and personal trainer to show others that they can should love to workout the best thing they can possibly do for their bodies and minds is to find a workout that they enjoy.
You should associate working out with misery. You shouldn’t cringe when, halfway through your day, you realize you need to go to the gym in a few hours. In fact, you should never associate the word “need” with the word “workout”. Instead, you should always focus on the word “want.”
You don’t need to get in shape. You want to get in shape.
You don’t need to lose a few pounds. You want to lose a few pounds.
You don’t need to become more flexible. You want to become more flexible.
You want to become a happy, healthier, more fit you.
Those who determine which exercises, workouts, and fitness classes they enjoy are 90% more likely to succeed in attaining their health and fitness goals than those who force themselves to engage in forms of exercise they loathe.
If you’re reading this on your way out the door to suffer through another dreaded hour-long session at the local gym, put down your shoes, look in the mirror, and make a promise to yourself that you will find a way to workout that makes you happy – not just fit. Because, let’s face it – if you don’t, you’re not really helping yourself, are you?
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