First and foremost, you've got to make exercising fun. Do something you enjoy doing! This way the time won't pass like molasses, and you can genuinely feel like you're experiencing play, instead of more work. Our goal is to make it fun for you! We call it a party rock workout. We do this by focusing on playing, and by creating and personalizing engaging new martial arts fitness exercises that keep things fresh and interesting.

When you're not feeling like exercising, try just moving a little bit. Not a lot. No big commitment or anything. Just get up and start walking, or do two minutes of warm-up exercises. This will get your heart rate up, and your blood flowing. In turn, this will jumpstart the chemical engine in your body that helps motivate you to do more. Suddenly, you won't feel quite so tired. Often times, the real difficultly is in just getting up and getting started. Try committing to just do 2 minutes of moderate intensity movements, and then go from there. If you just show up at the gym, you've won! You don't have to stay the whole time. Just commit to coming in and staying for at least a few minutes.

It's fun doing things together. Talk and walk for instance. The time passes by faster, and it isn't as difficult to want to do something when you're doing it with friends. Your trainer is also your friend. Spend some time chatting, and engage with your trainer to make your experience a social one, and not just an activity based one.

How about this idea... consider creating a jar with 5 to 7 little peices of paper in it with small rewards written on each one. Then, choose one from the jar, and reward yourself everytime you complete your workout. Your brain loves this kind of anticipation. Just make sure the reward isn't so big that it negates all the gains you'll experience from using this technique to motivate you to go to the gym.

Your brain loves to experience novel new things. Try growing your skillset or incorparating new movements, new games, or new activities into your workouts. This will increase your interest and make the time go by faster. We like to continually mix it up here at your gym, and teach you new martial arts skills to keep it exciting.

Tell someone when you're going to go exercise. This makes you feel more motivated to actually do it, especially if you know they'll ask you about it later. You can utilize your friends and loved ones to help hold you accountable. Your trainer will be happy to help you with this as well. Just let your trainer know when you'll be back in the gym, and then they'll look forward to seeing you again soon.

Goals are motivating. Unless they're too big, then sometimes they can feel overwhelming. Have a small goal, like I'm going to go to the gym 3 times this week for example. Notice, this didn't say how long you were going to stay, what you were going to do while you were there, how many pounds you were going to lose, or extend longer than a single week. It isn't overwhelming or unrealistic, and you're in control of the outcome. A simple micro goal like this will motivate you to meet it. Ultimately, it will build a habit of "small things done often" that will eventually help you reach your larger, more long-term goals. Just ask your trainer if you need help coming up with personalized micro goals that'll keep you motivated and making progress towards becoming your best you ever!