Finding Motivation

When starting or carrying on a fitness journey, finding and keeping motivation alive is crucial. Keeping the fire burning is the key to your success. It is what gets you up at 6 a.m to do a morning session or it gets you back in the gym for a second time that day.

When finding yourself lacking motivation there are numerous ways to rev it back up:

• Youtube motivational videos
• Friends and family
• Inspiring idols
• Set new goals
• Change your workout routine
• Change your nutrition

If you failed your news resolution this year to lose that unwanted poundage or to gain some muscle then here are three tips to kickstart your transformation:

Set Realistic Goals:
When setting goals, most people shoot for the stars, you should set small attainable goals so you get the chance to taste success. There is no greater feeling then reaching your goals.

Forget Rigid Meal Planning:
 This sounds dumb but when you actually follow a meal plan to strictly, your setting yourself up to fail. You will follow it for a while but sooner or later backed up by statistics you will stray from it and relapse hard. The best way to counteract this is to include a few cheat meals into your weekly schedule. Maybe 2 times a week have ice cream or something.

Learn How to Press Reset:
 There are times when your priorities will overtake the gym and nutrition. You might celebrate one night and ruin your regimen. You might get the flu and lose gains or gain weight. You need to put this in the past and press reset. Get back on the horse.

Source: Bodybuilding.com