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Consistency (piefed.social)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/fitness@lemmy.world
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I've just recently become more consistent in working out (from once ever few months to now at least once a week.) What are some tips to stay motivated and how do you stay consistent?

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Everyone is different when it comes to motivation, but here's how I deal with it. I stay excited (most of the time) to get in the gym and see the progress I made from last time. Say last week I curled 50 for 8-7-7, can I get 9-9-9? Let's to see! I'd do the same for cardio if I did any proper cardio lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If it helps the OP, in my case to stay motivated, it must not be an overly repetitive or mentaly straining task.

    Focusing more on walking/jogging since I'm focusing on weight loss, not building muscles just yet:

    In a gym I'm always walking/jogging "on the same path", seeing the same things. Meanwhile, doing so around my neighborhood, I can pick different paths, focus on different things, change pace without harming the activity.

    Plus being a bit of a shut-in, gyms often have more people than I can handle without stress kicking in. In my neighborhood, I know where and when there's more people so I can avoid.

    For building muscles, still figuring that out since the usual method involves a lot of repetition in a place too dense with people.

    But once I go back to focusing on that, what I think I could end up doing is something like marcenary, since that from what I've seen it seems to require some effort while having a more immediate objective which could help with motivation.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    Also a bit of self-shaming with obsession in my own weight, measuring it every 1~2 days, is helping, I think. It's not making me avoid to eat, but it helps give a boost in motivation to exercise whenever I see the numbers tick slightly up.

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