help ive lost motivation or energy or both

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• Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  August 2009

  I dont usually ever spend that long doing pushups and tricep dips. I'll probly do a set of each, rest, and then another set, and then a third set.
  
  Usually keep myself fit with a combination of slow (fat burning) runs, some beastly sessions on the cross trainers and exercise bikes, and rowing machines.
  
  Though I wouldnt spend that long on doing just those things you are.
  
  Perhaps go for a steady run and every few minutes, drop and knock 20 good pushups out, come across a park bench, knock some tricep dips out. Sometimes the constantness is going to be better for building up your core strength and endurance, than just whacking a fast paced set of exercises out.
  
  If any of that makes sense.
  
  I'll find a good link thats easy enough to follow to get people into reasonable fitness, and more importantly a good mindset for phys which is also important.
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/07/healthandwellbeing.fitness1

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• Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  August 2009

  Yea, just take it slowly and gradually build up to how ever long you want to exercise for.
  C-A xx

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• Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  August 2009

  You always build it up so you can manage to go 5 minutes longer than you want to. Being fit is 95% actual fitness, but around 5% mental atiitude to it, not necessary the attitude as In "Yeah im looking forward to the gym" its more "come on, i KNOW I can go another 5 minutes or so"
  
  Mental attitude during exercise will improve as you get fitter, but there will be a barrier you manage to break when you push yourself further (albeit slowly)
  
  Just slowly but surely and keep up the positive thoughts.

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