Keep hold of your motivation this winter

 Who is falling into the vicious cycle of hitting that snooze button when you know you should be outside working out? The days are getting colder and darker and that awful word winter is on its way.

Loosing light doesn’t help your motivation right? So I’ve found some little tips and tricks to keep your motivation levels up during the colder periods.

Excuse: "It's too hard to get out of bed on cold, dark mornings."

It's true that temperature and light have direct impact on our body rhythms in the winter extremes. But there are simple things you can do to encourage yourself to leave the comfort of your warm bed.

With the air getting colder outside, the number one thing you need to do is rug up. Wear appropriate clothing when training outdoors. Get your hands warmed up some gloves, personally I find fingerless ones are the best so you can still hold equipment if completing a circuit outdoors, get a scarf and a beanie- most importantly layer up! 

Set your mindset to focus on the benefits of training, tell yourself why you’re doing this? What you’re going to achieve, Who is proud of you?

Think of spring and summer and all that incredible time you put into your training and your goals. Are you really willing it let it all go?

People always ask me how I have so much motivation to continue, but really it’s my clients who pull me along as well- remember I’m only human, and I too can have times where I lack motivation.

If you’re new to training - Personal Training is another option if you want to start out. Book in a time, go and have a consultation and see what it brings. Exercising with a trainer or even along side a friend has been proven to both boost motivation and helps with self-esteem too!

These conditions definitely encourage one thing, and yes that’s eating more. If you only stock healthy items in your fridge and cupboard, this is what you will eat. Again- Do you really want to see all that hard work you put in during the hotter months just slip down the drain?

Train for an event, Set some goals and Focus on the benefits. 

Another tip I have recently come across is to set your Alarm to a song you like or a tune your happy listening too rather than that dreaded ‘Beeep Beep Beeep’ or customized iPhone Alarm. This way when you first wake- this will lift your mood and energy.

I hope these few little tips and training reminders have given you that spark to light or..in some of my clients cases relight your training schedule.

Remember- If you are persistent, you will get it. However if you are consistent, you will keep it!

T xx