FITNESS: Finding Motivation

COME ON Y'ALL, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I don't remember for sure what made me start listening to the Trust & Believe with Shaun T podcast again, but it has been such an amazing source of insight and motivation for me!  I relate to so much of what he says!  And in his words:

"When you talk about fitness DVDs I think that they also can work, but you obviously have to relate to the person who is actually being an instructor on the DVDs or whatever.....  But it all starts with you actually believing that you can actually do it. You have to do the work. Period." (Being Gay Kept Me Fit)

I was doing ChaLEAN Extreme (a workout by my second favorite trainer, Chalene Johnson) when I started listening to Shaun T again, and I knew after listening to a few that I needed him in my fitness life, so I started doing INSANITY via Beachbody on Demand.  I did the initial Fit Test on July 11, and completed the "Day 15" Fit Test today.  If interested, you can see my progress here.

And if you're really keeping up, you'll notice it's been more than 15 days since I started.  We're spoiled with our schedules and lake season typically finds us with several 4 day weekends.  With the intensity of the program, realistically I know I'll have a hard time finding space and time to get the workouts in at camp, so instead I've opted for running or biking at camp.  I had to go in to the workout schedule knowing I wouldn't be able to stick to it "to a T."  If I tried, I'd feel like a failure and give up, I know this much about myself.  I reformatted the schedule in a list format rather than a calendar format so I could do the workouts in order and still complete the whole program though.

 

100% for real, if I left it as a calendar and did it workout by workout, mentally I would feel so behind doing Friday's workout on Tuesday it would discourage me to the point of quitting!

Committing to Insanity is the first step I'm taking to regain control of my Beachbody Coaching business.  Our CEO commented in a podcast on Monday:

"What program are you doing? Start to finish.
I’m talking to you veteran coaches or coaches who have been around awhile and think you can get away with representing the product without being the proof that you’re doing the product. But I’m telling you right now..
People know. People know if you’re for real or not."  -Carl Daikeler

The products work, if I work! And I want people to notice and get just as excited as I am about the results.

Before I wrap this up, I just want to go back to where I started this with relating to your trainer, whether in person or via a fitness program...if you're not "feeling" your workout / routine, FIND one you do, and get the results you want.

My ability to relate with Shaun T goes beyond his workouts...here are just a few examples that come to mind:

"In general, I like working out by myself.  Like I hate, with a capital 'P' Passion, working out with people.  Like I can't stand it.  Like I think it distracts me. ...I don't like planning time to workout with poeple, I like waking up, like sometimes we workout with a group of people, and like, not saying I don't ever hold people up, like sometimes I have to go to the bathroom, you know what I'm saying, pee at the last moment because I'm nervous, or um, you know where there's other people who are like 'I'm finishing something up before I come,' because for me when it's time for me to workout I only have a small space of motivation, like there's a very small window of opportunity for me to feel motivated, and the minute that opportunity goes away I'm like, 'I don't feel working out. I don't feel like working out anymore, and I definitely don't want to workout with a group of people because you guys, I'm waiting for you or you're waiting for me, you know what I'm sayin', so I'm not saying it's their fault, it could be my fault too."

"I like to stay attractive for myself. At the end of the day, I like being fit."

"Why did you let yourself go? Because the honeymoon phase is over?  Well, I still think you need to stay healthy and look good. And I totally think your internal fitness motivation aids in your sexual activity when you are in a relationship because what happens is, it's like a domino effect, when you start to let go of your fitness level, some people, and I say a lot of people, start to become self-conscious of certain things like, 'ah, you know, I'm gaining a little gut" or "I'm starting to get a little saggy in the booty area" or whatever the case may be and then you start obsessing in the mirror and then you stop liking what you're seeing so your spouse is laying next to you and they're sitting there like, 'I wanna do a little something,' and you're like 'NO!' And so, the reality is, while I stay fit the majority of the time, with my hand being hurt, like I, I feel like my upper body looks like jello, and I'm just like oh my god this is horrible, and so it's hard for me to stay sexual because I just like, I want to be...you know, and it really doesn't come down to the way I look, it comes down to the effort that I'm putting in to being fit, and I'm not even going to put that effort in to that part of my body, so I'm like 'ugh!'"

AND, how about some super-exhausted-from-Insanity pictures...