Break Out of a Funk Now

Are you one of those perfect people who never hits the snooze button, never has a bad attitude or never misses a workout?

Really? No complacency? Never been in a rut?

If so, you can skip this message…

Obviously, nobody is going to skip this message so read on because this email is for you (and especially me)!

Since you’re still reading, I’m assuming you’re like the rest of us humans, and subject to distraction, fatigue and stale routines. We’ve all been there, and even the best of us occasionally need a change of pace or a new twist to an old routine.

That’s why, in today’s message I’d like to gift you with 10 strategies I use to break out of the funk and get reinvigorated for my next workout.

1. Surround Yourself with Motivation - for me, I live and die by my calendar. In fact, this is the first question I get as soon as I wake up. “Are you going to do what it takes to become the man you need to be to support those who believe in you?” Literally can’t go 1 hour without a reminder as to why I should be doing what I’m doing.
2. Get Your Clothes On - My wife would argue that ALL of my clothes are “workout clothes”, but since she ain’t writing these emails, you get to hear my side. Okay yes, it’s true that I only wear Nike Dri-Fit shorts and Nike joggers but t night, the idea is to put your workout clothes on (including your socks). The trick to making a good habit stick is to reduce friction and make it as easy as possible for you to say yes.
3. Bargain with Yourself - Here’s a powerful tool--I don’t love running, but going ONE MILE is no biggie. So… I bargain that I’ll just run one mile. Sometimes that’s all I get and that’s okay. Other days, I WANT go further, sometimes I go much further...but that would never happen if I didn’t start with the one mile.
4. Visualize two versions of yourself, the one you are today and the one you believe is capable of CRUSHING your current goals in their sleep. Ask yourself what is that other person doing behind the scenes to effortlessly do the things you’re struggling to do?
5. Create Reward Systems - We’re wired to desire rewards. Instead of telling yourself you’ll get a huge reward after dropping 20 lbs, breaking that big reward up into 10 mini rewards will give you momentum.
6. Get an Enthusiastic Partner - This can be a challenge, but worth a couple efforts to get right. Most collaborations I’ve encountered result in a multiplication of effort, not addition. In other words, 1+1=3! Our Limitless Athletes community on Facebook is a GREAT place to find accountability partners.
7. Change it Up - New gym, new route to drive there, strawberry shakes instead of vanilla… tweak and change your routine and find new energy available to you.
8. Revenge… I know this is childish, but if your ex called you fat, why not use that as a motivation to say, look at me now! Revenge doesn’t always have to be confrontational. I myself was severely bullied until I picked up a dumbbell.
9. Stay Youthful! Especially if you have kids, imagine how you’ll look in 10, 20 or 30 years. Will you be able to play with them, or will you be in a hospital bed, or worse? Remember, the more you do something, the easier it becomes so I’d encourage you to do more of whatever it is that makes you feel ALIVE.
10. Compete EVERYDAY - track and compare PRs, supplement your individual heavy sessions with a weekly visit to the crossfit gym. Just remember, the only competitor that matters is the one staring back at you in the mirror.

What's getting you going?