IAmGoingToTri
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Time to stop dreaming about how much work you could do, and let's start actually doing it! In this thread I want to gather a group of people who want to work on the goal of improving their exercise routine, and who want to support others in reaching that goal as well.
I have made a list of tasks that you can do to get you started (feel free to follow this or do it your own way
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1. Set the goal to exercise more.
2. Believe that you can do it.
3. Write down your dream about how much you would like to exercise and how fit you want to be (in the faaar future)
4. Decide that, in order to get there, you need to first take the first step. Set the goal to increase your exercise routine by a modest amount (like 5-10%) in the coming month. It can be in terms of quantity (distance/time) or quality (new activities, higher intensity).
5. (a) Identify the changes that you can make to get there, most importantly changes in your habits (but perhaps also in your mindset or environment). Add as many things as you like, however, it doesn't have to be an exhaustive list, you can come back to it later (so don't overthink it, and try not to get discouraged by the length of this list; there is always something to improve in life and that is fine, you don't have to do everything (in fact you can't) and you can take your time) (b) order this list by how much of an effect each of the changes will have (from big to small; you could write down an estimate in terms of percentage and/or rated 1 to 5, 1 being a smallest step forward, 5 being the largest step forward) (c) make another version of the list that you made in step 5a, now ordered by how much effort that you think each takes (you can rate them 1 to 5, 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest).
6. Now pick one change from this list and make a realistic strategy to make it.
7. Start working on it and don't stop until it is second nature.
8. Keep us posted. Reward yourself for little steps forward (you could decide your rewards in advance).
9. When you are done (after a few weeks or months), celebrate (!!!) and go back to step 5.
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Let's start... after mentally going through the first steps, I have arrived at step 5 and I have made the list of changes that I can make to boost my exercise routine. I think what I need is a bit more consistency. Some weeks I exercise a lot, and some weeks just one or two sessions. Now I do 1-5 training sessions per week, and I want to get that to 3-6. In order to do that, I will track my training sessions in an app and in this thread, and I will reward myself for every session that I do. The reward is one euro per training session, that I can spend on buying new exercise equipment.
Let's get started right now!
I welcome everyone to join! I will support you, let's do this together!
I have made a list of tasks that you can do to get you started (feel free to follow this or do it your own way
1. Set the goal to exercise more.
2. Believe that you can do it.
3. Write down your dream about how much you would like to exercise and how fit you want to be (in the faaar future)
4. Decide that, in order to get there, you need to first take the first step. Set the goal to increase your exercise routine by a modest amount (like 5-10%) in the coming month. It can be in terms of quantity (distance/time) or quality (new activities, higher intensity).
5. (a) Identify the changes that you can make to get there, most importantly changes in your habits (but perhaps also in your mindset or environment). Add as many things as you like, however, it doesn't have to be an exhaustive list, you can come back to it later (so don't overthink it, and try not to get discouraged by the length of this list; there is always something to improve in life and that is fine, you don't have to do everything (in fact you can't) and you can take your time) (b) order this list by how much of an effect each of the changes will have (from big to small; you could write down an estimate in terms of percentage and/or rated 1 to 5, 1 being a smallest step forward, 5 being the largest step forward) (c) make another version of the list that you made in step 5a, now ordered by how much effort that you think each takes (you can rate them 1 to 5, 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest).
6. Now pick one change from this list and make a realistic strategy to make it.
7. Start working on it and don't stop until it is second nature.
8. Keep us posted. Reward yourself for little steps forward (you could decide your rewards in advance).
9. When you are done (after a few weeks or months), celebrate (!!!) and go back to step 5.
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Let's start... after mentally going through the first steps, I have arrived at step 5 and I have made the list of changes that I can make to boost my exercise routine. I think what I need is a bit more consistency. Some weeks I exercise a lot, and some weeks just one or two sessions. Now I do 1-5 training sessions per week, and I want to get that to 3-6. In order to do that, I will track my training sessions in an app and in this thread, and I will reward myself for every session that I do. The reward is one euro per training session, that I can spend on buying new exercise equipment.
Let's get started right now!
I welcome everyone to join! I will support you, let's do this together!
