Staying Motivated to Exercise

With summer halfway over, have you found yourself lacking motivation to keep exercising? If you are on the verge of dropping out of your current workout routine these exercise motivation tips may help you get back on track. This advice can help you break you workout goals down to simple, manageable actions.

Finding motivation to train or simply stick with exercise on a regular basis isn't always easy. Demanding schedules, burn-out, and illness are just a few of the things that may interrupt your fitness routine. However, motivation can often be found by following a very simple formula. Goal-setting based upon the S.M.A.R.T. approach, is a simple technique that helps provide structure and motivation to keep going.

The following simple worksheet [PDF] can help you clarify your motivations and goals for exercising, which in turn can help you get to the stage where exercise becomes a habit.
Download the exercise motivation worksheet