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My mother of all people has recently started working out again and as if that wasn’t shocking enough I was absolutely FLOORED to hear that she’s been working out at 5 AM in the morning!

I asked her what her secret was and she replied that she hasn’t been thinking about it and she’s just been focusing on getting it done.

She also reported that it’s great to get her workout out of the way first thing in the morning when the “day” hasn’t had a chance to sap you of all your energy…

Ya know sometimes working out and staying in shape is work.

There are days I look forward to working out and then there are days where I absolutely dread it… But the point is you do it!

You have to think about why you’re in the gym… Why did you originally start working out? What were your goals?

That has to be what wakes you up in the morning. That has to be what gets your ass in the gym.

When you need motivation to get in the gym… Think about that.

And on the other days… Don’t even think about it! Just know that you have to do it. Treat it like going to work. And then get in there and get it done!

Remember, your rewards come outside of the gym… not in it.

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Most of us know about the importance of setting long term goals and while I don’t dispute their importance, I think it’s equally important to focus on and to set short-term goals.

Short term goals help keep you motivated on those days when you feel like you’re never going to reach your long term goal.

If your long term goal is to lose 20 lbs…

Set some short-term goals like:

• lose 5 lbs.
•  to exercise 4x a week

And don’t forget to reward yourself after you hit your goals.

At the outset, it can be very hard to stay motivated and it’s important that you take the extra steps necessary to keep yourself motivated to stick to your exercise program at this time.

Once you start making progress, you won’t need the extra motivation…

Feeling and looking better is usually enough motivation for most people.

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It sounds easy enough enough right?

But after a few weeks you run out of ways to continue challenging yourself.

It’s unevitable unless you:

a.)  continue to learn new exercise/ workout routines and techniques.

b.) keep a training log.

The easiest way to satisfy the first is to subscribe to fitness magazines  or maybe hire a personal trainer depending on how serious you are.

You can also stay up to date by checking this Blog often as I plan on posting some sample workouts pretty soon and I’ll of course keep you posted on all new excercise programs that hit the scene.

The latter option is actually what I want to focus on today.

By keeping a training or workout log, you can make it 10 x easier to consistently challenge yourself to improve upon previous workouts.

A training log is simply a log that details every exercise you perform (in the gym or at home), number of sets, number of reps and of course the weight.

By logging all of this information, all you have to do to improve on your previous workout is look at your previous workout (in your log) and “pick your spots” as I like to say where you can make some improvements in.

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