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For exercise, focus on turning up, at least when I'm (re-)starting out. When I'm in a regular routine, I enjoy exercising and it feels good, and turning up isn
by mrtedbear 6y ago
For exercise, focus on turning up, at least when I'm (re-)starting out.
When I'm in a regular routine, I enjoy exercising and it feels good, and turning up isn't an issue.
At some point though I inevitably lapse. When I try to start again, I can't do what I used to do, so I push myself to try, but it doesn't feel good and it makes me less motivated to continue.
During these periods I've found it helpful to focus on turning up, rather than trying to push myself. Slowly I start to improve and start enjoying it again, and improvement follows.
- voisin 6y ago“Showing Up” is probably the most important concept in health / fitness IMO. When setting a new habit I try to do it every single day, in small amounts, until it becomes my life. I did this with yoga and now after more than 300 days straight it is simply a part of my life I couldn’t imagine not doing daily.
- diehunde 6y agoSame here. I started running for 5 minutes a day for a week. Then I increased to 10-15 min for about a month. After that the habit was there.