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Motivation to Work Out

1/24/2011

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   In a given week i do an intense workout anywhere from 2 to 4 times. It always comes down to 2 things: one, how motivated am i that week, and those particular days i planned for my routine. two, can i find the actual time to do them on those days. Sometimes we just get busy.   If being to busy is you excuse, than you don't have enough motivation. Although, you can use it once in a while, it can't be the sole reason you don't workout. If you want to loose weight, get stronger, faster, or look and feel better, ENOUGH, then you will find a way. But there are things you can do to help you find the way a little easier.
   Personally i look in the mirror then i watch power lifting videos. 9 times out of 10, i'll hit the weights.
   Here are a list of my 10 biggest motivations, and maybe you'll find one yourself:
   - Find a quote that hits home. it's not hard to think of quotes we hear all the time, and some are really motivational. Just search around, maybe read a poem, or look up movie quotes. You'll be surprised where you can find the right words to get you on your way.
   - The post workout zen. Its a fact after a workout people become more focused, and calmer. It's one of the only ways you can release the build up of stress hormones. You literally have to sweat it out; but when it's done, it's a wonderful feeling.
   - Grab a workout buddy. Nowhere does it say working out should be boring, or sucky. If you are not enjoying your time working out, then you are not doing what you should be. It needs to be something that makes you yearn for it when you are not doing it. Sometimes a little company does the trick. My best workouts are when my best friend is present.
   - Picture yourself. Think of the differences it can make. You don't have to look like Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. But you can look great, and improving on your look will gather compliments, which we all like.
   - Read about it. Picking up a fitness magazine might do the trick. They have full workouts, new exercises, and tons of good looking people.
   - Avoid the self loathing. If you want to workout and then don't, you sometimes get in the downward spiral about feeling terrible for not working out. it's like skipping work, or school. Why did you do it? you don't have a good reason so you sit there and feel bad. So do it! even if you just hit the floor for 5 minutes and do some pushups and crunches, you'll feel much better about yourself, and it might just get you in the mood ;-)
   - Goals. everyone loves hitting goals, so make tons of workout and lifting goals. The more you get the better you feel. Few feelings are as good as crossing off a goal from a list. So make many, so you can do it all the time!
   - Make it public. now you don't have to make a weekly banner at the mall about your waist size or bench press. But blogging about it on a site you are a part of, or joining a body building forum, just might be enough to keep you going, and you'll again be surprised how many people will join in!
   - You're not alone. Never forget that you are not the only person struggling with lack of motivation in this area. Get to it, and spread the word. The more you do the better you just may feel.

   I enjoy working out. Once you know what you have to
  

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Review: Grizzly Man

1/16/2011

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Grizzly Man is a Documentary/Biography about a man (Timothy Treadwell) who spent 13 summers in a row camping in Alaska with Grizzly Bears and Foxes. In 2003 he and his girlfriend where killed during their last days at their campsite by an older rouge bear that they where not familiar with, nor did they really like.
   The Film is made up of interviews with those closest to him, and park workers that knew him, and mainly of footage that Treadwell made during his last few summers in the Alaskan parks while camping next to foxes and spending all his time getting to know the bears. Opinions vary, but the thing they all say is that he believed his place was with the bears and doing everything in his power to inform people of them and protect them at all cost...including his life (which he repeats often on camera).
   When watching the film, 2 things become very clear very quickly and solidified throughout, that is 1.) Timothy Treadwell was a wonderful heartfelt naturalist who's work was for the better. and 2.) he clearly had issues. both with society and himself, that caused him a lot of misery.
   I really suggest watching this film and holding your opinions to the end. Treadwell is fun and sometimes humorous to watch, and at times sad, and confused. But it's all wonderful and from the heart. I don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy this film as much as i did. It was a wonderful experience and i learned quite a lot.
   He died because he crossed the boundaries from the world of man, to the world of Grizzly Bears. Unfortunately he was only a man when faced with a large hungry old bear. And he and his girlfriend lost their lives at their campsite, with a camera recording the sounds of those last moments. (thankfully they didn't put those sounds on the documentary, they only talk of their existence, and how no one should have to hear them). But in crossing those boundaries, he gave us film and insight into the world of these bears, and foxes, that could never have been done.
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