Anyone got any ideas to keep motivated

i'm 15, and been training with weights for about 3/4 years bout twice a week
and as i do my wieghts i get less and less motivated, i train in my own
wiv barbell / dumbells with bench i normal use music, sumtimes i have a slide
show of bodybuilders on my computer but i really need to get motivated
anyone got any other ideas
or something to keep on doing my workouts

GIRLS GIRLS AND MORE GIRLS!

haha, no but seriously i think about girls i like and then guys bigger than me, and then those guys getting my girls. and i get real pumped. also if you lift with people you want to show off. things that i do. but the real motivation comes from the gains you see when you first start

THE MONKEY HAS SPOKEN!

Well Nick I must say being motivated is a big commitment and you considering it, is good! Bodybuilding is a beautiful motivation. You, debetting, is not a answer so take a minute and tell your self, you have a goal in your hands and you want to reach it. Well think of this everyday is the same **** different ways. If you know you like bodybuilding try it and you will see, onces the results will come, you wish you've never thought of having to ask for motivation. Well now it's up to you, good luck!

ciao

hey nick i hear you on this one. Motivation..to come to think of it theres soemthign that drives us all. Even in our day to day lives we dont realise it but waking up to goto class at 8 is motivation and dedication :) Heres what you do. Ask yourself do you really want this, how bad do youw ant it? Why are you pursuing this? Are you mentally stable and happy to keep up a diet and exercise regularly without being a victim to lethargy. Rememebr if you workout just for the sake of it you wot be putting in a 100% So clear your head of all your worries and slam those weights. If you feel de motivated way to often you could be over training, so take it easy start slow, get a feel for it. In 3 months the results will keep you motivated to do better and never stop from becoming whateva it is you aspire. Good Luck!

Eat Make Love
Train Make Protein
Sleep Make Muscle
Repeat.........

Definately!! ^^^

I like to look at b.b'ing mags, the pics are really motivating for me....I say "..I want that too!" However what really keeps me going at it every day is how I feel.....I walk with confidence, confidence in myself because I am doing something that most chicks my age just wouldn't even try! We are a unique breed.....we get up and strive to push ourselves harder than the day before, we stand for something to ourselves and to those around us!!
I have to push myself to pay a bill, or make a call, or do the vacuuming BUT I NEVER have to push myself to go to the gym!! And when do feel that way, I take a break!!

Now withj that all said....let's get out there!!!!!


***note*** (still on my endorphine 'high', just came from the gym)

did i mention girls? man, i really like girls!

THE MONKEY HAS SPOKEN!

well thats a perk i guess girls!!

Eat Make Love
Train Make Protein
Sleep Make Muscle
Repeat.........

Read this...
http://www.discussbodybuilding.com/What_Seperates_Us_from_Them/m_103/tm.htm

Instant motivation.

For me it was being in the ultimate condition for endurance trials. I felt unless I was in peak physical condition that I would not perform when needed. Being in the field for months leading and participating in combat exercises demands alot from your body and mind. I always felt that it is best to have built a fortress for your mind. Your body is the most amazingly advanced machine that you will ever find. The human body will adapt to almost anything you can put it through. The best part is when you thought you finally hit a limit, you exceed it. Your the pilot...

Other than the pump, rush, adrenaline high, and endless stamina I can't think of any better motivation.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

well thanks all for your tips

no prob, keep us posted!

THE MONKEY HAS SPOKEN!

I read the article and thought it was interesting. However ignorant lazy fat bastards dont motivate me. What i thought was interesting was that i was actually eating a candy bar and drinking mountain dew when i came upon that line in the story. But im not an ignorant lazy fat bastard, well not yet anyways.

What motivates me, is where i think i will be in 6 months to a year. When i dont have the motivation, i just think, i will be nowhere in that time if i dont pump myself up and eat some steal. So when that 6 months plus gets here, ill be able to look back and know that i have improved myself, which in itself is more motivation.

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Bodybuilding in itself is a great motivating factor and the desire to change and improve. But how do you keep yourself focused and motivated towards you goals? There are several areas in which you can turn to for motivation. One being the gains and changes you will see when you first join the gym. Newbie gains are a great motivational factor. The gains you first see when you join the gym in those first few months. Knowing that this is just the beginning of a great transformation.

Other ways of self-motivation come from looking at pictures in magazines. Granted this may not be the body you want but it’s inspiring to see somebody who has made it. Visual stimulation is extremely important. Confidence is another factor that tends to motivate people. They do something that makes them feel good and that translates into other areas of their lives. Bodybuilding is a lifestyle change. Not something you just do occasionally. Not everybody desires to go to the gym 5 times a week. Those who do stick with bodybuilding get a lot of this motivation from within themselves to be better, to chance, to push themselves beyond their limitations.

Tracking your progress with a journal is a wonderful way to motivate yourself and it’s a big part of training that goes overlooked. Taking pictures every 1 or 2 weeks may be just what you need to inspire yourself to keep at it. Bodybuilding is a continual state of change for your body. Keeping track of your progress is inspiring unto itself. When you can look back years ago and see what you did and where you’ve come, you know you’ve made substantial progress. And it’s only because you kept track that you can look back and reflect on where you’ve been.

Other motivating factors can come from a living environment or a situation in which you are not happy with at the moment. Knowing things can be different and your entire body can change if you make it makes a lot of people motivated on January 1st of each year to join gyms. Why do these people fail to keep going? Because they never really wanted it 100% to begin with anyway. These were not looking for motivation. They needed reasons to keep going.

Bodybuilding is a lifestyle. One that requires the ultimate commitment of your time and energy pretty much every waking moment. Every piece of food you put in your mouth, every time you stay up later to have another drink and every time you skip out on the gym because it’s raining, are all aspects of training that must be overcome. More often then not, it’s mental. If you want it bad enough you’ll make the necessary adjustments. Only recently did I realize that nutrition played such a pivotal role in my gains. Once I started eating better, being in the kitchen started bringing me the same feelings of accomplishment I got when I was in the gym working out. Every second or every day, if you improve just a little bit, that’s motivating.

Marc C. David - NGA CPT
Author of NoBull Bodybuilding
www.nobullbodybuilding.com

WHAT I do becuase im 15. Im pretty cool. And I guess im hot alot of hot chicks like me. But since im only a freshman I think of all the dicks and ****s that are mean to you. And try to get bigger before they graduate so you can kick thier arse. That pisses me off enough to get mad and lift. Plus im skinny since im a wrestler. and I have to maintain alot of muscle. on the off season so I also think of that as a motivating goal to kill the kids im going to wrestle next year. I think it would be hard for me not to lift if I didnt have enemies

I get motivated with the partners I workout with.

Try to find a good workout partner. When Im not motivated to workout, he usually drags my butt out of the couch and gets me back on track to workout. I do the same when hes not motivated as well.

Works well both ways.

Si,

I think it would be hard for me not to lift if I didnt have enemies

Hahahah

Cool.. there sure are a lot of ways we get motivation.

Marc C. David - NGA CPT
Author of NoBull Bodybuilding
www.nobullbodybuilding.com

Yeah dude. I take all my anger when lifting weights. Instead of doing something stupid about it.

im not sure why i lift anymore...just a routing, and of course i like strength, not so much size, but to pump out alot of weight!!!!

This is what one of my favorite sites for motivation, animalpak, had to say.

April 23: "Overcome"

I get a lot of questions about my tattoo, "Overcome". It started out as a tribute to a fallen friend. Later, down the road, it became a part of what people thought of when they thought of me. People associated the tattoo with my attitude: If I have to go around it, over it or just right ****ing through it, I'll get to where I'm going. The main thing they realized was that when I'm set to go off, they had better be some place else. When they saw me eat or train, they began to think of me as a man-machine. That's how I got this nickname, "Machine". It's because that's the only way they could describe what they saw. "Damn, this kid is a ****ing machine," they'd say. They are right.

I am living proof that one motivated individual can become whatever he sees himself to be. You can become huge if you find a way to transcend limits. Limits are what people all around you try to place on you throughout your life. Limits is what makes people mediocre. The key is not to allow them to weaken you by infecting you with their loser's attitude. Spend 99% of your time ripping yourself apart to get better, and the other 1% of your time punishing yourself because you should be further along. My advice: Becoming your own worst enemy is the only way to know greatness. This is how you overcome.

The way I see it, if I could go back and start working out at 15, my life would be 830 times better than it is today. One for each day of the 2 years I missed out on. As far as im concerned, these chumps above me are useless. Girls, enemies... There is only one reason you should work out, and thats for yourself. Girls and vengence are simply biproducts of the hard work and didication YOU put forward. A missed workout cannot be "made up"! It is a day that will never come back again. Do what you have to do to move forward, otherwise you're falling back.

Forget your lil home gym set up and join your school gym!!!!!!! Always train after school when you have some fresh motivational ammunition to drive you harder. There are too many distractions at home and you will get side tracked or demotivated whenever you rest between sets. When you workout at a gym, you can clear your mind of all the everyday clutter to concentrate 100% on improving your body. Becoming a regular in your school gym will also give you a certain amount of status as people will notice your commitment. You can also ask questions, get spots or talk about **** that happened that day.

Most importantly, keep a positive attitude. You can make anything negative into a positive. Teacher pissing you off? Imagine their head between your dumbells as you clang them together at the top of each rep. Blowing off steam in the weight room will cool you off when you're outside of it!

I've got one more thing to say. I learned this little piece of advice working in the oil fields of Alberta from a guy named Cluster, "Suck it up princess!!"

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First of all, you gotta know why your going to the gym everyday. If you don't know why your in the gym and have a strong set of goals in mind, there is no point. Your wasting you time. If you don't know what you want, you obviously can't get it.

I'm mostly talking short term goals here too, not invisioning yourself looking like Ronnie Coleman. That obviously takes years of hard work. Not to say you can't reach it. But it takes patience and small steps. I'm talking goals like "I'm gonna lose a pound by Friday, or "I'm gonna put 5 pounds on my bench in these next two weeks". Short terms goals will keep you going strong.

You also have to know that your going to hit plauteaus in progress. Your weight loss will slow, your gains will slow.....just plain be ready for it....be prepared because it happens....the best thing to do is to be ready for plateaus and have a plan ahead of time on how to break through....therefore when you hit the plateau, you can say "I was expecting this and I know how I'm gonna handle it, I know what I'm gonna change and I'm excited about my new routine".

i had already made goals....and reached them....so now im just chillin

Loafer!!

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I found something out, As I do the same workouts every week I get bored of them, but if I change what i do every couple of months, its just something new and not doing the same stuff over and over again, and the boringness is gone.

And think of getting a great body and chilling at the beach, Girls are starting to notice my body, I dont have to go to them anymore, they come to me.

The best motivator I ever had was (and is) a good workout partner. I hired a personal trainer last year for 10 sessions, he was good about nagging me to show up. As it turned out, I knew about as much as he did, so we swapped favorite exercises and such, and he was more of a paid workout partner than a trainer. But it was good to know I still know what I'm talking about

animal seeking kindness, are you trying to be funny or did you mean a girlfriend?

Maybe he's confusing you with me

ORIGINAL: Nick_1010

i'm 15, and been training with weights for about 3/4 years bout twice a week
and as i do my wieghts i get less and less motivated, i train in my own
wiv barbell / dumbells with bench i normal use music, sumtimes i have a slide
show of bodybuilders on my computer but i really need to get motivated
anyone got any other ideas
or something to keep on doing my workouts

Well all I can say is that motivation is really hard at first. Once you get the program down it gets easier as the time goes by. Pick out the best time of the day for you to work out. The best time for me is early in the morning, just don't do it before you go to bed of course! And once I started to see the results of lifting, that even motivated me even more. I always have a wide range of music and I do warm ups, and ALWAYS splash my face with cold water to make me awake. All I can say is keep the motivation, don't give up. Keep your head held up high with confidence, and the results will apear!!