Time to try again...

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

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Ok everyone... I am going to start working out again... I stopped the early part of this year, after doing it for several months... I'm lazy... so anyway, I want to set a goal of working out 3 days a week to start and building up from there... Anyone have some tips or tricks to staying motivated to work out? I need it.
 
Hire someone with a whip.

Not kidding. I'm pretty sure that's the only way I'd be consistent with it... Got a weight bench sitting right over there...dusty, lonely, and used more by the cat than by me. (Although it does make a handy place to park the clothes in need of ironing. Which is probably why the cat likes it so much...)
 
i wish i knew, cause i need to lose some weight, and started working out, but the gym i started working out at with my friend was way over priced for a membership. there's one closer to home for cheaper, AND its open 24 hrs, if i just get the time to get to the gym is the problem. i work 40 hrs a week, and soon i'll be going back to school...

ugh, why couldn't i just have a high metabolism?
 
Find nice big pictures of the flabbiest, hugest, fattest, most disgusting-looking guys you can find, and decorate the door of your fridge with them. Put more of the same by your bed, so when you wake up you have motivation staring you in the face (might want to take them down when entertaining, though, lest people get the wrong idea...) and put more of the same by your front door (ditto) to give you that little boost on your way out. Maybe by your living room couch, too, to encourage you not to potato out.

If it works, you'll be buffed out in no time.

If it doesn't work...well, you'll have an impressive collection of pictures of huge, fat, flabby disgusting guys.
 
I'm coming out of lurk mode just for this. I've also had three beers. :)

My best advice is to take it slow and persistent.

Start small, incrementally, and build very slowly. But build on it.

Say - start with one day a week. Dedicate yourself to attending a workout class one day a week.

Then in a few weeks, start going a second day a week....

Etc. I find that big changes in life are almost never instantaneous, unless they are forced on you. The big changes we choose in life that really stick are ones that are worked on slowly and deliberately. I quit smoking, and lost 20 pounds that way.

But thats just me. Good luck dude!

Dillon
 
The way to approach this is to think in terms of 6 weeks. That's sort of the minimum time to start seeing results from a workout regime. So, the bad news is: Don't expect anything for 6 weeks. The good news is: 6 weeks is not that long (though it may seem much longer around week 3). So the 'trick' is to find a way to maintain your interest and commitment for *only* 6 weeks. If you do that, you WILL see results and that will be hugely motivating to continue. Also, if you practice a regular routine for 6 weeks, your body and mind will habituate to it and it will become easier. In the best case, it will become a pleasant activity, instead of a 'necessary evil.'
As far as the specific routine, find an exercise you like (or dislike the least). A week before you begin, take note of what your typical diet is, then DON'T change it! If you combine a change in diet with a change in exercise pattern, you double the possibility that you won't be able to stick with it. And you don't generally need to change your diet at the beginning. But more importantly, you don't want to change it, meaning that you don't want to eat MORE. Same diet + more exercise = more calories burned = weight loss. The tough part of course is that when you eat the same amount as usual but you are exercising more, you will be really hungry a lot of the time. But hey, it's only for 6 weeks.
A mostly-aerobic excercise (bike, stair-climber, etc.) is good, but I'd suggest some weight training too ('with your doctor's okay') because that can help build muscle, and muscle requires more calories to maintain it.
That should get you started. Feel free to PM me if you want more specifics. (No, I don't charge for it, but I am an NSCA-Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist.)
 
It depends on how serious you are.

Two summers ago, when I was courting my wife, I weighed around 145. Then by the time we got married, I was about 160. Then 11 months later after our kid was born, I was 203+! So I knew I had to stop or I was going to explode into a puddle of gelatinis goo.

So I went on the South Beach diet the week after NAB (end of April) and joined a gym in coordination with that diet. So in just under 4 months I've lost 30 pounds and am going to lose another 20, it really works. I don't like the diet, so that keeps me going to the gym to keep losing.
 
My recommendation: get a running partner. Find someone in similar shape as you and motivate each other. It's much harder to tell them "no, I'm not exercising tonight" than it is to tell that to yourself.

If you keep running daily, you will begin to become addicted to the hormone your body lets out when you exercise (could possibly be bologna, but who knows). When I used to run long-distance in school, I'd run 5 miles each night and I'd want to run more.

And weight-loss wise, you need to rid your house of any junk food. Eat a lot of healthy food and drink a lot of water. Don't get lazy and pick up fast food every night (this can be hard).
 
Ever since i got the Nike + going on, I have yet to miss a day of running atleast a half hour, since february
 
I haven't lifted weights in the last 6 months because I've moved and yet to join a gym, but I do walk several times a week for about 40 straight minutes. Here is the thing about working out, once you commit to it, really commit to it, about 80% of the people who commit the work out then becomes part of their lifestyle.

It's more than just dieting, than just exercising, it's a change in thinking, and in living.

My advice to you is to forgo a weight work out for at least a month or two. You should concentrate on CARDIO. Walk, walk, ride your bike, but it's cardio that will take off those pounds.

I use to ride my bike an hour to two hours about three times a week. I burned so much energy it was rad. Presently my bike now has two flat tires, has to go in the shop.
 
yup, i gotta run atleast 3 miles every other day now , its just a part of those days, and seems after the first week or two, its just automatic, because of running, which i started shortly after i quit smoking, i no longer drink, and my diet has considerably got better because i want to get that much better at running for distance. my max run is around 5 miles , and it was around 90 in san jose that day :P
 
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