Motivate yourself to get to the gym - or not

Two exercise sessions in two days, but it's good to shock the muscles occassionally. Not that I exercised the same set of muscle groups, so it's not like I am going to be stiff and sore tomorrow. So why 2 in two days? Well like most things in life, why not? Besides i'd crashed at a friends place last night so it meant I could get there quite easily. Of course I could just of easily stayed in bed, or gone out for a quiet cup of coffee. But no - the gym beckoned and I went.

Motivating yourself to exercise can be difficult if you really don't enjoy exercising. Thankfully I do. I can see the changes being made to my body, which makes it easier to go the next time. But that only comes from weight training (in my opinion) - cardio fitness you can't tell you have - until you get stuffed climbing up a flight of stairs or running for the bus. And fitness to coin my friends term is "not something you can stick in a bottle for another day" you have to go and you have to do the requisite number of reps, and then a bit more. Which is probably why most people when given the choice would sooner have the coffee than the sweating. Me I would sooner have both. The glorious endorphin rush after the exercise, the feel good factor that says - hey I did it. I went to the gym. My body is getting better. And I got the cup of coffee afterwards too!!