Having an accountability partner or partners can help! I have some weights and have been running outside when the weather is okay, but I am struggling with consistency. Will be happy to help motivate you :)
There’s also a video I came across called “you can do pushups, my friend” which has a routine to get to proper pushups I’ve been wanting to follow for a while. My excuse is that I tell myself I don’t have time, when I can make time.
I think I have a touch of demand avoidance, too much accountability is counter-productive for me. I start to resist when I feel like I’m being pressured to do something, even when that pressure if coming from my and my own decisions. I’m starting to work out ways of navigating around my own silly psychological quirks, but it does make routines and consistency a problem for me. I have found breaking things down into small chunks so I can’t use the ‘don’t have time’ type excuses helps, and allowing myself choices about when I do something also helps. This approach has worked well with housework and similar things, hopefully I can successfully apply it to exercise too.
fellow demand avoider here. thank you for the tip :)
i think it can work well with exercise, you can do this!!!
edit: timers have worked really well with running. i was doing couch 2 5k and having to only jog for a minute before being able to walk again was great
I thought a timer was a good idea, but I almost ended up buying a full set of hourglasses and a fancy version that uses coloured water. Managed to pull myself back to just a standard, sensible timer, but it was a close call!
Having an accountability partner or partners can help! I have some weights and have been running outside when the weather is okay, but I am struggling with consistency. Will be happy to help motivate you :)
There’s also a video I came across called “you can do pushups, my friend” which has a routine to get to proper pushups I’ve been wanting to follow for a while. My excuse is that I tell myself I don’t have time, when I can make time.
I think I have a touch of demand avoidance, too much accountability is counter-productive for me. I start to resist when I feel like I’m being pressured to do something, even when that pressure if coming from my and my own decisions. I’m starting to work out ways of navigating around my own silly psychological quirks, but it does make routines and consistency a problem for me. I have found breaking things down into small chunks so I can’t use the ‘don’t have time’ type excuses helps, and allowing myself choices about when I do something also helps. This approach has worked well with housework and similar things, hopefully I can successfully apply it to exercise too.
fellow demand avoider here. thank you for the tip :)
i think it can work well with exercise, you can do this!!!
edit: timers have worked really well with running. i was doing couch 2 5k and having to only jog for a minute before being able to walk again was great
I thought a timer was a good idea, but I almost ended up buying a full set of hourglasses and a fancy version that uses coloured water. Managed to pull myself back to just a standard, sensible timer, but it was a close call!