Why do you workout | JohnBarban.com

This is the only life you’re going to live (that we know of, or can prove, or can remember)

You can change the look and shape of your body if you choose to.

The shape you build your body into can garner admiration from others, boost your own self esteem and confidence, and ensure you’re as ‘healthy’ as you can be (at least from our knowledge of standard measurable health markers)

So if you had the choice to workout and get in shape or not, why would you choose not to?

Sure working out take times, and effort, and maybe even a little pain…but the payoff is worth it.

This post is a reminder of why we workout in the first place. And if you’re the type to fall off the wagon and need to search for motivation to workout this should be it.

You only live once. And the quality and length of your life can be greatly influenced by working out and taking care of your body. And it doesn’t even really cost you anything besides a bit of time and effort.

Seems like a no brainer to me.

The mission should be to get the most out of your body and your life. Cheating on your workout or diet plan is only cheating yourself.

Here’s what I want you to do: Make a list of all the reasons you workout. And pin it somewhere as your go to motivator when you feel like backing out of a workout, or straying from your diet plan.

John

Posted by johnbarban in Workout

Tags: length of life workout, quality of life, why do you workout |3 Comments

3 Responses to “Why do you Workout?”

Jordan D. Says:
May 30th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Honestly, I haven’t been working out over the last couple of months. I exercised regularly for a year and a half or so, but I’ve become very demoralized over my current plateau (10 months and counting.) I feel like, what’s the point? I have at least 40-45 pounds to lose, so no amount of muscle is really going to make me look better. It’s just going to be covered up by all this fat. After I’ve lost the weight, sure, some extra muscle will improve my look. I may get criticized for writing this, but other than health reasons, there’s really no point in me exercising at this point.

So I lost the motivation to continue working out because of that realization. Also, I realized that the main reasons I was working out were: 1) habit, and 2) in the back of my mind, I still had that fear of losing muscle during weight loss. I don’t believe this anymore, so once I confronted that belief, it no longer became a (fear-based) motivator. I’m just not afraid of that anymore.

My attitude right now is that I’m not going to worry about exercise until I get off this plateau and start losing weight again. My sole focus should be, and will be, diet. I’ve failed almost every week for ten months to control my calorie intake, so clearly that’s what I need to work on! haha.

Honestly, I may not work out again until I’ve lost the weight, when it will actually matter. Hopefully that will be in another 4-6 months, although I may feel better at some point during that process and decide to hit the gym again- because I really want to, not because I’m afraid of what will happen if I don’t. I’m done with being driven by fear.

P.S. Just to be clear, this is not advice! I’m not telling anybody not to work out!
VGregor Says:
June 4th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Everybody should do whatever they can to look great, as you said no matter what payoff is worth it, which is why I’m astound by the fact that only so few people work out and watch their diet.
Tim Says:
June 7th, 2011 at 3:34 am
Takes incredible motivation