How do you get motivated to workout. How do you overcome your lack of motivation to exercise, eat right, and follow a health and fitness routine.
Most people "Know What They Should Do", but for some reason they just can't follow through and actually do it. For some reason there's a mental block or lack of motivation to take action that's holding them back from achieving the level of success that they are capable of.
Finding your inner motivation to work out can be challenging, but we're going to unpack this topic in great detail and give you some real world practical action steps that you can start following TODAY to build that positive momentum moving forward, make progress, and feel good about yourself so that living a healthy fitness lifestyle becomes part of your regular routine as you adopt new identity as a strong, healthy, and fit person.
Here are the topics we covered during today's podcast:
3:15 - How to overcome that feeling of not wanting to exercise.
4:45 - What separates people who are motivated to exercise from those who are not?
9:03 - The Mind Game Hack that I use to get myself to workout when I don’t feel motivated to go to the gym.
11:12 - How you can harness the power of following a structured routine to sky rocket your progress.
14:10 - Jeff’s morning routine that he follows to stay lean and muscular year round.
15:42 - Lee's morning routine for getting to the gym on working out on a regular basis.
19:25 - How to “Start Again”. What to do after you fall off track with your fitness and nutrition program?
21:15 - Being Consistently Good - vs - Occasionally Great.
23:35 - Real World Weight Loss is NOT Linear - there’s going to be a lot of ups and downs along the way. How you can deal with the emotional roller coaster and keep moving forward.
24:50 - Going through Yo-Yo Dieting. Starving and Binge Eating. My experience with losing weight and then re-gaining it back again.
30:10 - The Fitness Bank Account Analogy - as long as you are making more deposits than withdraws - you can still make progress.
31:43 - Finding your Reasons Why - The 5 Whys Exercise - leehayward.com/blog/how-to-st...
36:26 - Why you need to prioritize your own health and fitness in order to the best provider for your family.
38:48 - My main motivation for staying in shape - it’s not just about me - it’s about setting a positive example of health and fitness for my family.
39:43 - How bad does it have to get before you’ll take action and make a change? Unfortunately, many guys have to stare death in the face before they value their health.
41:22 - The influence that being a fit father can have on your children. Jeff’s personal experience growing up with a fit and active father figure.
43:27 - Actions Speak Louder Than Words - your children don’t listen to what you say, but they see what you do.
46:00 - The First Steps that you can take - TODAY - to get back in shape and start building that positive momentum moving forward.
47:46 - Giving yourself permission to “Start Small” - Big Changes Start with Small Actions!
No Time To Exercise? Start with 10 minutes:
leehayward.com/blog/no-time-t...
50:00 - Don’t over think it. The secret to success is just showing up. Something is better than nothing.
50:54 - The secret to success in your career, in your fitness, and life in general is surrounding yourself with people who are doing what you want to achieve.
52:25 - Dealing with Information Overload and all the Confusion Surrounding Fitness and Nutrition.
54:17 - Why every food and every exercise is bad for you… Try the search engine challenge and you’ll find reasons why everything is BAD.
56:23 - The “Short-Cut” to success - model people who are doing what you want to achieve.
58:28 - The “Slow and Painful” way to success - trying to figure it out on your own.
1:00:41 - You don’t know, what you don’t know.
1:01:40 - The Next Level of Fitness - going beyond just lifting weights and doing cardio.
1:04:10 - The paradox of making progress - The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.
1:05:15 - The Wizard Of Oz - you’re really the guy behind the screen.
1:10:20 - Becoming a Non-Stop Student and commit to never ending progress.
================
If you have any questions or if you'd like to learn more about one-on-one Fitness & Nutrition Coaching Programs you can schedule in for a Free Strategy Session Coaching Call with Lee at: www.leehayward.com/call
E-mail: lee@leehayward.com
Friend me on Facebook at: / lee.hayward
Download a Free Copy of my Ripped After 40 PDF Program. This is the exact system that I used to lose my gut, get rid of the Dad Bod, and get back in shape after I became a father in my 40's:
leehayward.com/blog/ripped-af...
Websites:
www.LeeHayward
www.MuscleAfter40Blueprint.com