11 Crafty Fitness Motivation Hacks To Try Out (4 of 4)

Make Everyday Activities Part Of Your Workout

One thing that’s been picking up in recent exercise routines are exercises that incorporate our own movements that we use in our daily lives. As people uncovered that, the more are now incorporating their training to work on their muscles every day. For example, what do you do when you pick something up? You lean or squat down. It stands to reason that you should be doing more exercises revolving around squatting and leaning then.

As unusual as it sounds, when you’re focusing on muscle groups that you are using on a regular basis, you can start to feel a difference. Maybe you find it hard to squat down or tie your shoes when going to the gym. If you focus on squatting and other exercises that require you to work on your legs, you’ll reach a point where tying your shoes won’t be as painful.

On the flip side, you can incorporate chores into your workout as well. Instead of mopping and working your shoulders and arms, you can scrub the kitchen floors with a dish sponge. It’ll take longer, but those movements can improve your core and upper body strength.

Focus On The Positive

In terms of health and fitness, it makes sense to focus a lot of your memories and thoughts on positive things over negative. One of the reasons people give up or lose faith is because they think about negative events or feelings too often. They haven’t made much progress despite going to the gym. Or maybe they remember those few times they failed at something fitness-related in the past.

Those thoughts drag you down and you eventually quit.

On the flip side, if you focus on your achievements, you’ll find more motivation. Even if this is your first time ever committing to your health in a big way – that, itself, is an achievement. That is still more progress than merely thinking about losing weight or being healthy.