How to motivate yourself to run
Motivation / / December 19, 2019
David Roche
Author of the book The Happy Runner, the creator of the service running training Some Work, All Play.
If you open up Instagram and also visit the search results hashtag #running, you'll see a bunch of people with smiles on their faces, correct posture and a small amount of clothes, covering the beautiful body. It seems that all these athletes are very happy and infinitely happy run.
The questions arise: "Why run does not bring me such joy? Why am I so hard to just pick up and go out for a morning jog? What's wrong with me?"
Are you okay. Believe me, these questions asked yourself and the people of Instagram, and even professional athletes.
Think about someone you admire, and realize that this man, too, is making an effort to do their job. Maybe, Elon Musk also overcomes himself before his 12-hour workday. And to defeat once and for all impossible.
Running, like life, is not constant. Motivation to run too, comes and goes.
Frankly, you do not want to go out the door - this is the first step to ensure that the still marry her.
Even the smiling runners with a photo is not always so happy: in the rest of the time they are struggling with low motivation same as you. They are helped by the discipline and adequate demands on themselves.
10 minutes are also considered
Skeptics believe that the ancient Egyptians could not build the pyramids and they did the aliens. Some doubt that the astronauts landed on the moon. And others simply hard to believe that man is capable of tremendous achievements without the help of magical powers.
The truth is that even those unimaginable things can be achieved through many small actions. The Egyptians had been for hundreds of years and unlimited labor. And NASA - brilliant scientists and billions of dollars.
Road to 1000 miles begins with a single step.
At first marathon seems an impossible task. But you do not have to overcome such a great distance. Start with 10 minutes of running or walking up the stairs. Such training will help your body adapt to stress and show that there is nothing wrong with exercising.
Best the enemy of the good
Make jogging plan and try to stick with it. If the window bad weather or you are not in good shape, still run. Run, even if you think you can not give everything to the full.
I run into this all the time when writing articles. During the work on this text, I closed three times in disgust laptop. At such moments, I think the best advice for writers, which I received: "Do not judge yourself harshly. Write ". I understand that the result is not Shakespeare, and, most likely, will not my best work, but that's okay.
All we doubt ourselves. But if I did not continue to act every time that I do not like something, I would not have written the book. Not sure I am a good writer, but persistent - know for sure. And this is already possible to achieve much.
Running is similar to writing a book. Sometimes you just have to keep.
Quarreled with a friend, which is usually run? Screw a couple of laps around the block alone. You feel tired? Just do not run with acceleration. Quite valites feet? Persuade himself by 10 minutes of light training. That's enough to not lose on the way to the goal.
Every day - is an independent variable
If you still had escaped from the plan and missed a couple of runs, that's okay. The main thing - do not let a single day spoiled flow into the next. American writer and psychologist Gershen Kaufman explains this concept of risk a spiral of shame, one implies a failure of the other. When we miss a run, it becomes a little ashamed. If these episodes pile up, a sense of shame increases. As a result, we do not run, and angry over.
Try to always see the good. Ran 10 minutes? You are super. The day did not move? You are still great, but do not forget about jogging tomorrow.
Run - it is always a personal Challenge. You definitely do not expect external motivation, even with friends event will not run forever. Will have to every day to seek an answer to the question, why do you need to run somewhere. And it will not always be right. But one thing is certain: you will gain a jog any answers quicker than sitting on the couch.
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