I managed to be consistent for ~3 months now. 3x a week, cardio at least once on weekends.Took a week-long break when I caught a cold.I'm not enjoying it. I dread hitting the gym, and I hate the tiredness after.Only exercise I kinda enjoy is squats and cycling and even then I nearly got killed doing the latter.I tried treating it like a chore, like brushing my teeth, but that just made it worse.Right now the inertia from taking a break is making me dread starting again.I think I need to learn to enjoy it but idk how.>inb4 durr I liked it from the start!No one gives a shit dude, contribute or piss off
Do it 6x a week until you enjoy it
>>77243868>>77243868It's something that can happen sometimes, no matter how long you're lifting and how often you're differentiating your routines.I've been at it for a while now (started lifting at 19, am 35 now), and I also first started experiencing feelings like this a few months in. Part of your progression--regardless of whether it's lifting, boxing, hiking, or what have you--is building the discipline to maintain your routine and consistency during the times when you don't want to go. It also helps to think of questions such as:>what are your goals? are you looking short-term or long-term?>what are your motivations? to this point, what are some benefits and positive changes you've experienced since you started (ie. someone complimented your physique)?>what exactly do you like about lifting? are there specific routines or exercises?>related to above, what can you change about your routine to make it more exciting?>if there's nothing about lifting you enjoy, is there another activity to pursue?Surely there's more as well. The point is that you will always experience dips in motivation and it's during those times that you need the focus to get out of your comfort zone and either try new things or keep pounding away until you're making the kind of progress that made you start working out in the first place.I hope some of this helps.
>>77243894Pretty good post. I would add that a lull in interest in normal in the beginning, and around 3 months is about when you stop making big strides in routine management and have to start the long grueling task of forming the habit. That's when the questions above come in handy.Also an important point to highlight is that if you never enjoyed it and can't bring yourself to enjoy it, there are other ways to fitness besides lifting. Sports, yoga, martial arts, swimming, I know a guy whole does volunteer manual labor, and I know two that are plenty healthy by biking. Some things need supplemental activity to achieve balanced physical health but there are a lot of options, just don't rot on the couch like a faggot.
>>77243868It was a chore for me for the first 6 months. Took a long time to actually get into it, and now on rest days I get sad.Are you getting enough sleep anon? If you're always exhausted you're going to have a shit time.The other thing is to set a clear goal. It helps to have something to work towards.
>>77243883this. Your spirit needs to be broken down and built back stronger
>>77243883>>77244460This is the mindset, I caught a mild cold today and I’m on verge on going for a leg day
>>77243868If you make it a habit it feels like absolute fucking shit when you cant make it. I couldn't lift yesterday because I fucked up my thumb playing rugby and I felt so awful going straight home after work. Gonna go running today so I dont feel the anxious guilt of not working out.
>>77243868Try home calisthenics. The same thing happened to me, and having to go to the gym was what almost made me quit. Then I tried calisthenics as a last hail Mary and it worked like a charm.Give it a try, it may be what you're looking for.
>>77243868Just do HIT short intense workouts it might to be the most gains possible but it is gains and it adds up if you keep doing it. Then when or if you feel like going back to larger workouts you can easily having lost nothing in the meantime besides a bit of work capacity.
>>77244541Might not be the most*
>>77243868your probably fatigued and dont realize it. go half the number of sets for a few weeks and 10% lighter 2x a week instead
Well the enjoyment tends to come with the gains. That's why, as you've intuited, consistency is the important thing; but it's worth noting that humans are really bad at predicting how they actually feel when a given thing happens, so it's hard to overstate how motivating it can really be when you notice meaningful gains. I've had bad days turned into good days because I noticed that I had lost weight or gained a bit of muscle. It can snowball bigly - but you gotta get there first. Also, you shouldn't be that tired. Worked, but not so exhausted that you dread going. Are you making the rookie mistake of pushing yourself too hard before you've built the stamina to push hard? You should maybe take it slow on the reps, lighten the weight, and let your muscles feel it rather than your lungs.
>>77244529>Try home calisthenicsTry something like this, OP. I found it easy to get in the habit of doing yoga every morning, because it's fun and can be as easy or hard as you feel like. I never really liked cardio and don't have a gym nearby so this is a great way to cover my bases.There are also sports, martial arts, swimming... if you don't enjoy what you're doing, exercise-wise, there are whole other worlds worth trying out.
>>77243868You're a louse Roger Smith.
>>77243883This genuinely worked for me desu
I generally like it. What I will say is that sometimes I get BIG dips in motivation where some of the feeling you describe like tireness and feeling like a chore to take a hold on me. I like having short and mid term goals and those help keep me motivated but there's also times where I just eat shit and bear through it until the slump wears off. Even in the motivation slumps there are exercises I pook forward to and I find I focus more on those to get a bit more enjoyment
>>77243868how 'bout you fit this dick in your mouth
