Daily Archives: April 15, 2015


Are you Struggling to Find the Motivation to Workout?

I’ve been getting asked a lot lately by friends and members at the gym about finding the motivation to workout.  The conversation usually goes something like, “Where do you find the motivation to workout?”  “I really want to be working out consistently, but just can’t seem to find the motivation, stay motivated, or feel motivated!” I’m always kind of baffled when I get this question because I really don’t know how I’m motivated, or if I even actually “feel” motivated.  I think most people might be waiting for a “feeling”, but let’s actually look at the definition of the word from the dictionary. Motivation = the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Whew…notice that we don’t see the word “feeling” in that definition. So we can stop waiting on a “feeling” or worrying about if we’ve lost the “feeling”.  But, we do see […]