1. Plan your health and fitness goal once again
Now that you are in lockdown mode, simply having a goal will not mean you can achieve it. Your mind is too focused on this interruption of you going to the gym. By being frustrated and continually asking yourself, "How can | stay motivated with all these interruptions around me? How can | stay motivated without being surrounded by others who are also working out?” and an array of other similar questions, you will inevitably head towards the wrong direction.

As we saw with Bill, you need to have a clear and concise goal with no conflicts.

Simply wishing to have a certain kind of body won't help. Simply wishing to lose weight wont help. Simply wishing to jog the marathon won't help.

Working out has so much more to do with an emotion of achieving complete and all round fitness.

That's a great goal to strive for; at least forp now while you're working out at home and not in the gym.

So what workout routine plan can you follow at home? Jumping Jacks, Planks, Tricep Dips using a stable chair? Think about it and come up with a plan. It need not be written in stone; adjust it as time goes by until you finally come up with a plan you'll be happy about.

You may face ‘at-home-distractions’. Arrange with the people surrounding you a time of no interruptions while you workout. Ask them to respect your workout time.

2. Focus on the emotion of working out, and not on just working out
A powerful way to stay motivated to workout is by focusing on the emotion and happiness that working out will bring.

Endure the discomfort of working out at home by seeing the end result; by remembering the WHY you are working out for in the first place.

And an even more powerful emotion booster is to look into the mirror after the workout.

See and feel how great you look. This is a great motivation booster.

3. Reward yourself:
When you used to workout in the gym, did you reward yourself for having such a great workout? If not, you should've.
Now that you are working out from home, it is even more important to reward yourself after each and every workout. Come up with a list of rewards. Pamper yourself.

  4. Stick to the plan that works for you
As we mentioned in step one, planning is important. Now, sticking to the final plan is crucial to your fitness success.
If your motivation to workout has dwindled, and it may at times, this is where discipline and your big WHY kick in.

Allow discipline to motivate yourself to workout.

Allow the big WHY to be your powerful 'chatter on your shoulder’; that urges you to stay motivated. This ‘chatter on your shoulder’ guides you on how to stay motivated throughout your workout.

And throughout the lockdown. 
5. Quality over quantity
This is key. Just because you are at home and notina gym doesn't mean that the quality of your workout should suffer.

Do not compromise and settle for less. Do not jeopardise what you have already gained.
True you may need to adjust your home workout. True how to motivate yourself to workout may be an issue (at first). True the quality of your workout may take a slight knock.
If that is so, find a way around that to regain as much quality as you can from each workout session, and perform each session with total determination and dedication.
It's all about quality and not quantity.

 6. Set yourself workout at home milestones
Chunk your final goal into small achievable milestones. You may do this every week, if you like. If, at the gym, your goal was to do 100 pushups and you find it hard to do that at home for whatever reason, chunk that down to achievable milestones by performing the amount you can do at home and scale up to 100.
Start off with baby steps to see what you can and cannot do and increase it incrementally.
This will certainly keep you motivated.

 7. Get yourself a workout buddy

How to stay motivated consistently may still be a struggle every so often. If that happens to you consider finding a workout buddy; someone who will work out with you, and one who will help you maintain your motivation - and you can encourage and motivate him, too.

What a wonderful win-win exchange.

 8. Music keeps you going
If finding a workout buddy is a challenge for you, or that person cannot be there for you as often as you like even on (Facetime), enlist your other workout buddy: Your music playlist.
For many, listening to music can powerfully motivate them to workout.Are you one of them? If not, consider that method.

You may be pleasantly surprised how listening to your favourite music can power you up; where you will be motivated and where you can stay motivated to workout.

And for some, they workout even longer and more intensely as they are powered by the loud beats of songs they love.
9. A fantastic distraction you will enjoy
As we wrap this up, here's a particular distraction | feel you will like. Perform all or part of your workout while watching your favourite TV program.
This will be a pleasant distraction that will take your mind off the unpleasantness of working out at home and not in the gym.
It could be a great distraction if your cardio routine is ‘boring’ at home. This distraction will override that boredom, don't you think?

10. Celebrate
Make it a point to celebrate your success. You could celebrate every workout completion. You could celebrate reaching every milestone. You could celebrate every week of dedicated working out.
Celebrate that you are actually working out at home in the first place and didn't quit now that the gyms being closed.
Come up with a list of celebratory reasons, and enjoy every 
Celebrat.


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