Working Out at Home Sucks
Getting into a workout routine, especially one that’s at home, sucks.
Really working out alone isn’t the funnest thing on the face of the planet. I do it because I know I need to move my body to decrease my chronic pain, and I crave the endorphin rush (now) but when I first got started I hated it. The making time for the whole thing, figuring out wtf to do, finding the motivation to actually do it, none of it was fun. Oh and don’t even get me started on not seeing results right away. There’s nothing more frustrating then busting your ass and to no avail. Like COME ON.
Then here you are trying to get the workout done at home and if you’re like me, it just got exponentially harder because of the distraction factor.
Like my couch calling my name to go sit down. Or me noticing everything in my house that needs to be cleaned, picked up, or organized.
I need some straight up tunnel vision to stay focused and make sure I actually get a worthwhile workout done.
Here’s my 3 tips to creating your At Home Workout Tunnel vision:
Good music. Feel yourself getting distracted? Focus on that kick ass Spotify playlist you save for when your kids are outta ear shot. This is the motivating music with all the shit that has you pounding your chest and all the bops that make you want to move.
5 minutes. If you’re like me and the clutter drives you bat shit crazy when you workout at home, give yourself 5 minutes (yes on a timer) to put away all those things before you start working out so you’re not tempted to do it DURING the workout.
Go outside. Ya fresh air and all of that, BUT when you’re outside, it’s that much harder to get inside to your couch. It takes that much more effort plus I’ve found for most people, their outside areas tend to have less STUFF as compared to their living rooms which means less distraction.
