Use a landmark

See an imaginary finish line. By running to this certain landmark (a mile marker or 10 more houses, etc.) you can really motivate yourself to keep going. Then after you reach that landmark, set another goal. This will help you to break your runs into shorter segments and tricks your mind into thinking you are going to quit at the next landmark. Tell yourself just one more mile post or one more shadow in the road what ever you see in front of you that will keep you going.

Do something that you love and do it with a partner

Whether it is riding a bike or hiking up a mountain, if it is something you love, it doesn’t feel like work. Do it with a friend and it doubles the pleasure and fun of it. It will distract you when it gets painful where as without a friend there you might turn around and go home. Pretend you are training for a marathon and challenge each other. Make it fun!

Plan to meet 3 times a week or whatever your schedule permits.

Listen to music while you exercise

Put on your i-pod and your jogging outfit and away you go. Just putting on the outfit can really get you motivated. Once you have your bike shorts or hiking shoes on you are not likely to then sit down and watch T.V. Music is another motivator, listen to some upbeat music that will get you going while you put your outfit on, then once you are out the door put on your headphones and feel how much easier it is to jog or do the treadmill to songs you love. Anchor the feelings of an exhilarating workout to a particular song.

Listen to “Motivational Workout” self hypnosis MP3’s or CD’s

Make your life easy, listen to them as you are turning off the light at night and fall asleep to it. You will wake up in the morning refreshed and feel like exercising without even having to talk yourself into it.

- Mariah Shipp – Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified Addictions Counselor

- Journeys Inward Hypnotherapy – Self Hypnosis MP3s

For more informatin check out the following sites:

• Decoding the Disciplines | First Year Learning Initiative – Learning a new academic discipline is what Middendorf and Pace call Cognitive apprenticeship which, according to them, can be compared to learning to function in a foreign culture. Even highly trained scholars, the authors contend, are challenged when taken out of their own fields. If this is true for trained scholars when they explore fields other than their own, it will be true for students in virtually every field because they are experts of none.
• Wii Fit Workout is wonderful | Spartan Times – Who would have imagined that you could play Nintendo and work out at the same time? Not me, but now I have realized that the Wii Fit system makes it possible for me to stay fit as well as have fun for a pretty reasonable price of about $100. Take it from me, not a very big fan of video games, I absolutely love this game. It is so entertaining, but best of all, I can feel it toning and stretching certain parts of my body.
• In defense of (Jp –> JJP) | Certain Doubts – Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dougherty I am now more attracted (than ever, not than not) to the idea that when a proposition is justified for one, so is the proposition that that proposition is justified. This would be a significant change in perspective if it continued (it might even reverse my views on some matters of religious epistemology (reflection upon which brought me to this post)). Below the fold, I make some clarifications and discuss Greco’s objections to Jp JJp.

Each morning we wake up to our daily life. Most of our activities are on automatic pilot, such as brushing your teeth or eating breakfast. Automatic pilot is a trance state that can be very useful for what is considered the habitual activities of life & exercise needs to be one of these.

Our bodies need to exercise; it has been medically proven that we are emotionally more stable, physically healthier and mentally far more alert if we do. The ideal solution is to review your lifestyle and attitude. Look for ways you can incorporate exercise as part of your everyday life. Use the stairs instead of the elevator; walk when you can, look for opportunities and interests that involve physical exercise. The important thing is that whatever you do, it is easily adapted into your life. Take some time each day just for yourself, and exercise during this time, even if it’s just a 15 min. walk around the neighborhood.

When you start to talk yourself out of exercising, a negative affirmation is being repeated in your mind. An affirmation that says “I can’t do it, I don’t have time.” So if a negative affirmation works, why can’t a positive one? Repeating an affirmation in your mind will remind you of your desire to be healthier and help you become more consciously and subconsciously aware of your healthy lifestyle goals. Strive to repeat healthy lifestyle affirmations to yourself several times each day. Because affirmations actually reprogram your thought patterns and they change the way you think and feel about things.

Say these affirmations to yourself everyday:

“The more often I choose to exercise, the better I’ll feel, both physically and mentally.”
“I really enjoy the exercise program I have chosen for myself.”
“I have enough time in my day to do my exercise program because it is important to me.”

Endorphins are triggered by exercise; they are chemicals that are secreted by the brain. They are triggered each time you do your exercise and you feel great!

Here are some tips:

1. Get “In the Zone” It helps to put on your exercise outfit or turn on some aerobic music you like that makes you want to move.
2. Project your thoughts into the future, of say, how you will look in 3 months, see yourself pleased with your progress, perhaps looking in a mirror in your mind and seeing yourself at the desired weight and body tone. Let that visualization drive you. Imagine yourself in a favorite outfit that you can’t fit into now.
3. Exercise should be fun. If it isn’t, find an activity that you enjoy. As long as you’re moving, it’s good for you.
4. Read fitness magazines or blogs about people getting fit.
5. Sign up for an exercise class.
6. Exercise with a friend.
7. Post a picture of your overweight self on the refrigerator.
8. Join a club and get a trainer.
9. Set a goal; write it on your calendar. Make your goals achievable.
10. Get a motivational exercise Self Hypnosis MP3 or CD to go to sleep with.

So what are you waiting for? Get going!

Need extra help getting that motivation? Try this Self Hypnosis MP3 for Work out motivation.

For More information try one of these links below:

• 31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise :zenhabits – Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. How do you find motivation to exercise when you just don’t feel like getting off your butt? I ask myself this question every now and then, and I have the feeling …
• 5 Tips to work out motivation | WorkoutToGetRipped.com – 5 Tips to work out motivationArticle by David H. Mason.
• Work Out Motivation | Fitness JOQ – Work Out Motivation. Posted by Jacques Laventure. Editor Note: When it comes to working out, think of the ultimate fitness goal. visualize the exact type of body you want. For example, want bigger triceps, want your abs more …
• Three Steps to Proper Gym Work-Out Motivation | Elliptical … – Three Steps to Proper Gym Work-Out Motivation. Filed under: elliptical trainer by EllipticalTreadmillReviews. It’s for this A chance of the season Terrain day grows entertaining Along with nicer frigid men and women …