How to Keep From Losing Workout Motivation
I just finished up the Turbulence Training Reconstruction Workout this week. 4 weeks of some really intense workouts. While I didn’t follow it to a T, I didn’t have to, to be able to see just how well it was working.
The first week was grueling! Seriously! I felt muscles that I hadn’t touched in a while (I am guessing due to the extreme DOMS for almost a week!) But I worked through them, even did some foam rolling on my biceps? Yes, biceps…weird and hard place to reach with the foam roller, but it so needed to be done! Not only that, but my entire upper body seemed to transform in just 4 weeks! I even got complimented on my arms! Uuurah!!
My favorite/hardest exercises were probably the pullups (which I was only able to do negative pullups…just do the lowering down part) and underhand inverted rows. These were both very difficult for me at first, but by the last week, serioulsy was feeling so much stronger. THAT in itself was motivating enough for me to keep doing these exercises. But, after 4 weeks of this workout, I am ready to move on.
I do not normally do the same routine for more than 4 weeks and sometimes I even cut them shorter. All depending on how I am feeling about the workouts and if I feel I am working hard enough.
Before the Reconstruction Workout, I was doing GymJunkies.com 31 Day Challenge workouts. These were very 
intense as well and I really loved them! I did the Advanced Fat Loss Workouts for the gym. It introduced a few new exercises to my routine, which again I LOVE! MONOTONY=BORING! …. NEW FUN EXERCISES= MOTIVATED!!
Next week my plan is to work on my Kettlebell exercises. I am slowly learning, (while banging up my wrists) but really enjoy the different exercises, along with all the different muscles that KB training works. But my plan is to also work in the chin ups, pullups and dips as one of my goals is to be able to do a full chin up and pull up! I will probably do those on my off days from the KB workouts.
People ask me how I stay so motivated and I just gave you a LOT of reasons! I like to challenge myself from week to week. I like how I feel when I accomplish those challenges and feel stronger each time I do them. I change my workouts up often enough not only to keep from getting bored, but to keep my muscles working hard!
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Angie Schumacher is a Certified Fitness Professional who trains clients in her home and is a Women's Boot Camp Instructor in Colorado. She is the author of The Fat Blasting Boot Camp Program and has offered a one stop website to help you with all of your health and fitness needs. Please visit www.BuildingABetterU.com to find exactly what you are looking for!
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Hi Angie! Thanks for posting this information. I never thought about doing the routines at 4-wk intervals. This WILL prevent me from getting bored with my workout. Once I drop a few more, I think I’ll try the bootcamp training…if I have the nerve.
AJ
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Thanks for stopping by AJ! Yes, doing your workouts for longer can result in plateaus. Your muscles tend to adapt and then will not be worked as hard! Keep us updated on your progress!
So just like the book says in the “How to keep up workout motivation” is hard!!! But having read the book, I have found that for me, I need to workout a couple of times a day in short amounts of time. What I have been doin is using this workout routine that Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser put together, its a set of different 2-5 minute workout emphasizing different area of the body or techniques. She has released it in the form of a widget, so I put it on my google homepage and every time I open my internet explorer the widget is on there so I just click a new routine and do a lil worktout before surfing the net. You can even put it on Facebook (Which I did) and other places…but my homepage and Facebook are good enough for me cuz I find myself doing routines 2-3 times a day with Jillians Slimdown widget. If you wanna try it out go to: [Jillian Michaels Slimdown Widget|http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/4a6f4a5eb15c66c6?p=-&flv=cat%3d]
Its free, so let me know what you think of it. Hope you slim down just like I continue to do, hope I dont dissapear!!
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