Keeping Yourself Motivated
In addition to long term goals such as reducing bodyfat by another 6% or trying to increase your bench by 50 lbs, you should have short term goals at each workout. Having goals for each workout gets you focused and exited about training. You should never go into a workout and still figuring out what your going to do. Instead, know exactly what your going to do before you get started as well as what you want to accomplish. Goals increase focus and determination. Training is not the place to be lost and aimless. Be sure to keep a workout journal and record every exercise, every weight, and every rep so that way when you go to repeat those same exercises again you can look back to see what you did the last time and strive to break those old records from the last time you performed those same exercises.
May 3, 2008 at 11:33 am
Wow, my last blog was so similar to this! Yes I most certainly agree - am I being too vain by saying that great minds think alike? Hope not! I’d like to think that my strong mental attitude is the very reason that allows me to pursue my goals. Keep writing - love it.