When people ask me how I manage to get up so consistently, I always explain it in the followin way:

I get all my workout stuff ready the night before including all my workout clothes and stuff I am bringing. That means even my water bottle is pre-filled next to my keys and anything else I need to bring. The less effort you have to exert in the morning pre-workout the easier it is to get out of the house.

You know that little voice that “speaks” to you when your alarm goes off and you don’t want to get up?  You are so warm and toasty and comfy. Getting up just seems like its couldn’t be the right thing to do. I call this the “sleep monster”. So the trick is to not let the sleep monster talk to you in the morning. If I find it starting to talk to me – I refuse to let it continue.

However, there are days when it does start to talk to me – like this morning. The alarm went off at 5a and the sleep monster started talking:  boot camp is off, no one will call me out if I don’t workout, it’s only one day. I hit snooze but you know what? The workout voice said get up, there are no excuses, you will feel awake and better if you go. So I got up, got ready and headed to Gold’s Gym.

Sometimes even I don’t want to go and workout and would rather sleep. But i am committed to leading a fit life so there are no excuses.

Today’s workout:

Treadmill 2.0mi
Back squats 60lbs
pushpress 25lbs
bench jumps 30x
iso lat pulls 40lbs
woodchops 15lbs
BOSU straddle jumps
Push-ups 30
OH triceps 25lb
back sit-ups

indoor rowing machine 12 mins level 5-8

It wasn’t my best workout. My endurance seems to be lacking the past few days, but I kept with it and am happy its done. I decided instead of the stairmill to do the indoor rowing machine. Holy Cow is that a workout.  I did it for 12 mins since I figured I hadn’t done rowing in years. I had to stop every few mins to catch my breath but it was a nice change of pace.

What activity did you do today?