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Life in
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How to boost your
exercise motivation
By Bethany Elliott-Hutton Struggling with motivation to exercise? Here are 5 top tips on how to keep fit, focused and moving during lockdown, regardless of which tier you are in! As COVID-19 persists and the country remains in tiered lockdown, it’s not surprising that many of us have lost interest in our home workouts and exercise routines. As lockdown continues we ask ourselves how do we stop our motivation to exercise from dwindling? Exercise has been proven to have many benefits, here’s a few that might entice you to dust off your running trainers and yoga mats. Exercise not only benefits our physical health but also plays a key role in maintaining good mental health. During and after exercising hormones known as endorphins are released.
This hormone helps us deal with stress, pain and boosts our mood! As well as an increase in circulating endorphins, your body also experiences a healthy spike in the amount of oxygenated blood circulating post exercise. Increased levels of oxygen in your blood is a natural energizer that will help make those looming work tasks and tricky conversations with your boss a little bit more manageable. So you may be saying, yes this all sounds great, but how do I keep myself motivated to exercise? Here are 5 top tips to keep yourself motivated to exercise during lockdown.
support bubble, or find a 1. Routine is everything, plan ahead - with the separation community online. Keeping between work and home life it competitive can also help becoming ever more difficult keep you motivated and stay to distinguish, finding time to accountable for those sessions exercise can be tough. that you could quite easily just It’s important to plan any pass up on. workouts into your daily 4. Mix it up - don’t think that schedule. A workout first thing every workout has to be a in the morning may work best high intensity, heart pumping, for those struggling to start the day with a spring in their step. energetic endeavour. Mix The endorphins released during up your workout routines exercise can dramatically help by adding in some gentle increase energy levels for the yoga, meditation or breathing day ahead. Make sure to give sessions. Slowing down our yourself some accountability by breath and taking time out of writing down how and when our day to relax can help calm you plan to exercise, this will our nervous system down. make you more likely to do it! 5. Little and often - an hours 2. Pre workout prep - set exercise a day can sometimes up your workout area at the feel a little bit daunting. If beginning of the day. Make sure you haven’t got enough time, you have enough space for you may want to think about those side lunges or burpees! breaking up your workouts There is nothing more annoying into 3x20 min sessions a day. than hitting your hand on a This will make it feel more lampshade during a set of manageable. jumping jacks. Ensuring your space is ready to use gets you If you are injured, in pain or in the workout mindset and need some guidance on returning gives you less excuse not to exercise then the team at to get stuck in. bodytonic clinic are here to help. We have a team of experienced 3. Keep it social - sometimes osteopaths, physiotherapists and exercising on our own can clinical pilates instructors who are get monotonous and boring. here to help you return to your Try and make your sessions optimal health and get back to more interesting by working out with someone in your the exercise that you love.
For more information on how to effectively boost your exercise motivation please feel free to contact bodytonic clinic at bodytonicclinic.co.uk and one of our team members will be happy to answer any of your questions.
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