What motivates you to workout?

[nkotblove]

Hello again. its been a while for me I am fine just been lazy and what is your motivation you 

any workouts or walking more 

what is your favorites thing u like to do for fun or make you moving 

I like to know 

thanks for reading mypost have a great day 

Moderator edit: subject for clarity

[Corney]

Once again, the only thing to motivate a person to exercise is the exercise itself.  If you feel good after the workout, you will exercise tommorow, remember the Endorfins and Enkephlons, it give you that legal high. Now there are secondary motivaters, losing wight, decreasing your % body fat if you are exercising within your aerobic zone for at least 20 minutes,and adding some weight training, and or decreasing your BMI.  But I still maintain, the only thing that truly motivates one to exercise is the exercise itself.  Find an exercise that is convevient, that you enjoy and that puts you in your aerobic training zone, and you can work up to at least 20 minutes without stoping.  I've often been asked, what is the best exercise, and I always give the above answer.  There is not one best exercise for everyone.  I'm fortunate to have my own exercise equipment in my basement, so I don't have to travel to some exercise club, I have no excuse, since it's just a few steps away, and I enjoy the ellipital cross trainer, rowing machine and stationary Bike, and I have my own weights.  I feel very lucky. 

[MikeMcEvoy]

@Aikhme do you sometimes find that your own expectations of yourself and your own goals act as a de-motivator? Id love to hear your thoughts on this discussion I started: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Get-Fit/Measuring-up-goal-setting-and-motivation/m-p/1121776#U112177...

[Corney]

No, I have always set realistic goals for myself.  Setting unrealistic goals leads to failure, frustration and self blame.  Since my goals have always been realistic, I have met all of them.  The one goal that I set for myself but never met was to run a sub 40 minute 10 K.  I came close many times, but it never de-motivated me, and after I got older, I realized I would never reach that goal, and just let it go.  Once again, I exercised today because it felt good yesterday, and I will exercise tomorrow because it felt good today.  My regimen consists of 45 minutes of cardio and 25-30 minutes of strenght training.  Years ago when I ran 7 days a week, 6-7 miles, I bought a watch which had a stop watch function. I wore it about 3 months and never wore it again, because it spoiled my run. I was always comparing my times against previous times, and even got to the point of checking my times during my runs, which spoiled the utter enjoyment I felt when I ran without the watch

[HelenaFitbit]

Health as a whole is a huge motivator for me. A clean bill of health gives me peace of mind and if I get the chance to reverse or improve the consequences of an illness I already carry, that will give me hope for a better future.

[fitmissjen]

Lots of different things motivate me...

I like watching my body transform as my weights get heavier, my runs get longer and my overall WOD's improve.

I also like looking good, not only for myself, but for my partner. I know he appreciates the hard work i put in to my WOD's and running. 

I like feeling fit and healthy and i really enjoy eating healthy food which i know is good for my body.

We have a girl our out Crossfit box who is just amazing! She is fast, strong and just super awesome, she definitely motivates me to train hard!

[Sinful]

When I run I like to put sound pound and listen to dark Erie music like something is chasing me and it gives me a rush like your running for your life and survival is the only thing to think of

[Sinful]

So never give up

[userzero]

My waistline has typically been my biggest motivator towards fitness. These days though, being a new dad, it's more about wanting to be there for my kids as long as possible and setting a good example for them.

One of the ways that i 'quantify' said goal is to sign up for stuff like OCRs, Spartans specifically.

Signing up for an event like that makes you accountable; advertising to your friends, family and co-workers that you're doing such an event makes you even more accountable, especially if some of them sign up to do one (or more) of the event(s) with you. For me, if i sign up to do an OCR, i'm going to do it, whether or not I trained for it. I know full well, that my experience in the OCR will vary drastically if i did train vs if i didnt. doing one with no training kinda (read that as 'really')  sucks, so i strive to avoid that suck by training.

In general, i'd say: find something that drives you towards fitness, then set small goals along the way to achieving that big thing. As you win those small personal victories, they'll make you feel good mentally (which works in conjunction with feeling good psysologically from the training), and before you know it, training is something that you want to do in-of-itself becuase you start enjoying how it makes you feel.

Anyway, that's my $0.02.

Hope it helps!