Working out motivation

I just look at shirtless guys and think I WANT THAT!! then listen to Tabatta Workout Songs on Youtube, I find them useful because they have a beat, and then a guy telling you to start then break.

I find someone telling me to do it more effective.

 

You already got some useful advice, so I don't know whether this will be of any use to you or not. I tend to remind myself that if I don't continue, I'll never be loved. Maybe that's a bit extreme but that's how I work I guess.

 

I can relate. I've been slacking recently. I used to go to the gym 4 days a week, but it's slowly gone down to 2 days a week - which is enough, I guess, but I'm not really seeing much change anymore. I'll have to kick my arse into gear.

Music definitely helps though.

Pre-workout food for me is usually in the form of carbs. I usually eat more carbs on my workout days.

 

If physically going to the gym is the problem (and often it is, because it is really inconvenient) then you could consider doing it at home. There are only a few things that you need proper equipment for - everything else can be done with cheap dumbbells.

Having to go to a gym can easily double the time of your workout; getting ready to go, travelling there, having to cooperate with everyone else at the gym, and travelling back adds up very quickly and can be a massive demotivator (not to mention the fact your are paying to use the gym).

 

hmm you might want to boost up your energy. find some inspiration to keep going of some short. i always like to think how i'd feel and look better after working out. use that as inspiration, look ahead instead of now. to get that "bombshell" body, it takes at least a year of work. yea, it sounds a bit discouraging but it's definitely worth the journey. your end result would be the great body that you want, but in the process, you would learn how to love yourself, take care of yourself, and learn more about yourself about the things you never thought you do. for lessons like that, not a lot of people want to take that chance, let alone experience it until later on in life, when they regret it the most.
between you and me, i rather whack off then be motivated to see those "banging" bodies on guys, so i'd say i put my focus off that and more on what i can build myself to be better and stronger. it helps out a lot for me, rather then make a mistake to "look" after em haha.

 

I saw this post on Reddit today and couldn't believe how much better this kid looks after working out for a relatively short period of time.

Off to the gym right now.

 

How to work now and procrastinate later

 

Here are some tips:

I find that if you enroll a nice gym, spend a considerable amount of money each month on your gym products or whatever, you're more committed to get things done as you don't wanna see all that money thrown away.

Also set reasonable goals you wanna reach, track your achievments, make your family and friends a part of your "make over", impress them! Let them encourage you!

And last but perhaps most important get a gym buddy, preferably someone committed to his workout, not only would he drag your ass to the gym on those days you are feeling lazy, but he'll push you to get that last rep you think impossible...

Have in mind however that all of the above comes from a guy who has failed several times on his attempts to get "bigger" haha, however right now I'm more motivated than ever to succeed , and I find those things are helping me.

Cheers,

Diego.

 

To be honest I just got back to the gym last monday haha, but so far so good, yeah personal training is the way to go, until I got one I didn't realize how much time I lost at the gym, I would be fooling around for 2 or more hours with out getting much done, but with the personal trainer is another story, my workouts are now pretty intense, 1 hour max, the guy gives me very few breaks, only the necessary to recover, sure it's exhaustive, but no pain no gain, right? And you feel great afterwards.

I'm guessing you are a hard gainer, wanting to bulk a little, right? In that case I would recommend the 5 x 5 stronglifts program, which consist in compound exercises which work several muscles a time, such as bench press, dead lifts, squats, and they are all done with free weights, no machines.

Also if you wanna bulk fast, there's a extreme diet, actually quite simple but extreme nonetheless that would give you inmediate results, it's called GOMAD, which stands for Gallon Of Milk A Day, yeap, you read that right, a gallon!! crazy I know, but works wonders.