I Am Motivated
I am an athlete and into good nutrition and high fitness. I work hard at this working out at least 3 times a week. Usually closer to 5 times a week. In the summer I am more active as I do endurance biking (road and mountain). I know that a higher level of fitness will improve your mental performance and overall quality of life. I know that we must own our fitness and the state of our bodies. The time for excuses is over. If you need to lose weight own it and act on it. Make those lifestyle changes, make those steps, I promise you will never regret it. It isn't easy, but it is well within your control. If you feel like your life is spiralling and you can't get control. Take control of this one area. The self discipline and the strength of mind will bleed over into the rest of your life and you will find yourself a better person.
[b]My own motivation[/b] is varied and has evolved as I have aged and moved in my life. I have been working out and training since I was round about 10 years old. It is an ingrained habit now. It started when back in middle school, I wasn't a particularly strong or fit kid. I was physically bullied twice in middle school. Twice was enough for me. I told myself I would be stronger that I wouldn't be pushed down by someone like that again. So I started to work out. I did push ups and sit ups and ran. I attached a very significant weight to my personal worth in my level of fitness and strength. I needed to be strong.
As I got older and more mature the conflict in my life moved from physical to relational and verbal. My motivation for fitness changed. I was no longer afraid of getting beat up or roughed up. My motivation came from a deep desire to be better than I was yesterday, to be stronger today than yesterday. I wanted to be able to run faster and farther, to lift more and easier, to be able to take on any physical challenged because I was physically and mentally prepared.
Since then my motivation has changed and has a different place in life again. I am now constantly competing against myself and others. I am an endurance athlete and a wrestler. I do endurance mountain biking which requires really good cardio, stamina, and mental drive and strength to push through the pain and tiredness. I once rode over 350km in one day! In a wrestling match I am pitted against another guy my own weight. It is about who wants it more, about who is more skilled, and about who can outlast the other. It is about building that mental stamina and pain threshold.
Now, as a young adult, I also work out because I like the way my body looks and always want to improve it. Aesthetics matter more to me now than they did as a kid. Currently I am trying to bulk up to move up a weight class in wrestling so I am not as lean and cut as I have been, but I am bigger and stronger than I have ever been.
[b]So my motivation is fourfold:[/b]
1. I want to have the level of fitness that means I can live my life and jump into any activity and environment and not be held back by my level of physical fitness or strength.
2. I feel better when I work out regularly, I sleep better, I eat better, I am less stressed, and my mind is clearer and sharper.
3. I need to for the sports I participate in.
4. I like the way I look, fit, strong, tight, muscles showing...
[b]My own motivation[/b] is varied and has evolved as I have aged and moved in my life. I have been working out and training since I was round about 10 years old. It is an ingrained habit now. It started when back in middle school, I wasn't a particularly strong or fit kid. I was physically bullied twice in middle school. Twice was enough for me. I told myself I would be stronger that I wouldn't be pushed down by someone like that again. So I started to work out. I did push ups and sit ups and ran. I attached a very significant weight to my personal worth in my level of fitness and strength. I needed to be strong.
As I got older and more mature the conflict in my life moved from physical to relational and verbal. My motivation for fitness changed. I was no longer afraid of getting beat up or roughed up. My motivation came from a deep desire to be better than I was yesterday, to be stronger today than yesterday. I wanted to be able to run faster and farther, to lift more and easier, to be able to take on any physical challenged because I was physically and mentally prepared.
Since then my motivation has changed and has a different place in life again. I am now constantly competing against myself and others. I am an endurance athlete and a wrestler. I do endurance mountain biking which requires really good cardio, stamina, and mental drive and strength to push through the pain and tiredness. I once rode over 350km in one day! In a wrestling match I am pitted against another guy my own weight. It is about who wants it more, about who is more skilled, and about who can outlast the other. It is about building that mental stamina and pain threshold.
Now, as a young adult, I also work out because I like the way my body looks and always want to improve it. Aesthetics matter more to me now than they did as a kid. Currently I am trying to bulk up to move up a weight class in wrestling so I am not as lean and cut as I have been, but I am bigger and stronger than I have ever been.
[b]So my motivation is fourfold:[/b]
1. I want to have the level of fitness that means I can live my life and jump into any activity and environment and not be held back by my level of physical fitness or strength.
2. I feel better when I work out regularly, I sleep better, I eat better, I am less stressed, and my mind is clearer and sharper.
3. I need to for the sports I participate in.
4. I like the way I look, fit, strong, tight, muscles showing...
