Discipline is Everything
You Don’t Need Motivation
The reason you don’t need motivation is because it doesn’t last. If you continue to rely on motivation to get your ass in the gym, you will never be in shape, you will never get strong, and you will never achieve the results you are looking for. Motivation is great for a short burst to get through, but it will never last. Its an emotion. It will never get you through consistently like discipline.
Most people who have put the time in learn little habits along the way. They put these habits into action everyday to achieve an outcome. Discipline lasts longer because you are relying on the action and not an emotional response to an external stimulation.
Good habits take time to build upon. Start with one and do that habit everyday until it becomes second nature, and then add another. Next thing you know you have a series of habits in place that become second nature and you develop a culture around them. They become daily rituals that keep you on track. Once you get them in place and you miss one, you feel it. You don’t get that same feel good feeling of accomplishment if you skip something.
Discipline is a commitment to doing what you most likely dislike in order to reach an outcome you desire. Many already have the discipline to wake up and make it to work on time. But how many have the discipline to sacrifice sleep in order to get a workout in to start the day? If you cant do a morning workout have the discipline to pack your gym bag the night before and put it in your car. Get that workout in after work. Find what works for you and your schedule.
How about discipline with your diet? If you struggle with fat loss how much effort are you putting in to make sure you get in good whole food to fuel your mind and body. If your diet is mostly made up of fast carbs, fast food, and bad fats; you will feel like shit everyday. This in turn will keep you from going to the gym, because now you are going to give in to your feelings and say not today.
Im going to say fuck that. Fuck your feelings. If you have a hard time with eating, get with a nutritionist with body building experience or just use basic common sense. Stay away from foods in a box and if it didn’t have a face or come out of the ground then don’t eat it.
Be disciplined about everything you put into your body. Stick to the 4 corners of the grocery store. Be disciplined about how you train as well. There is no need to go 5x a week when you haven’t built up the habit of going 1x a week. Start small and build your way up, that is the only way you will stick with a plan.