5 ways to love working out for those who hate working out
You don’t have to stick to one single sport or limit yourself to working out in the gym. Muscles quickly adapt to a monotonous load, and progress is inhibited. Try different sports: squash can be used as cardio, Bikram yoga can replace boring stretching, and CrossFit can be used for strength training.
Warn the coach
Don’t worry: go to the instructor before the start of the class and say that you came for the first time. Sometimes we subconsciously refuse to try new things out of fear of looking awkward. But in vain! To feel more confident, tell the trainer in advance that you are a beginner, and he will unobtrusively correct the technique and give easier exercises.
Go for a massage
“Wooden” and aching muscles after a workout are another demotivator. Massage is an excellent prevention of krepatura (the so-called microdamage and oxidation of tissues). The authoritative American organization ATMA (American Massage Therapy Association) counted as many as 17 proven effects of massage for athletes. Among them are such non-obvious ones as anxiety relief and pressure reduction.
Try and find your wellness procedures: classic and apparatus massage, floating, body wraps. And also visit the sauna or the salt cave.
Train with friends
Scientists compared two groups of athletes and found that training in a company is three times more effective than alone. Probably, mutual control works: it is more difficult for us to cheat when a person important to us is nearby. There is also a competitive effect, which makes you give all your best and follow the progress.
If your friends aren’t sports fans, just go-karting, wind tunneling, or horseback riding instead of going to a restaurant over the weekend.
Choose a convenient form
For fitness to be a joy, you need pleasant rituals associated with it. For example, buying comfortable equipment in which you feel comfortable and beautiful. The anticipation of pleasure triggers the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. He makes you associate sports with positive emotions, not suffering and pain, and now going to the gym does not cause the usual irritation. The main thing is to start, and after a workout, a new portion of dopamine and endorphins will support a positive attitude. Such is the chemistry of the brain!