What Is Your Secret with Staying Motivated with hitting your goal?

[~Vision~]

TOPIC: What Is "Your" True Secret with Staying Motivated Long-term or at-least through your cycle/blast?

The Question: Anymore we see again and again people starting to workout and/or work on their diet routine (usually as a New Year's resolution but this is also common this time of year Crunch time for the beach),
but many quit and give-up a short time after.

Reason for topic? {let's talk} Why do we stick to it for years and YEARS when others can't stick to it for months or even weeks,
even though they were extremely excited in the beginning. (what happened to their motivation?)

The only way to truly get the body of your dreams is to stay consistent.
What is YOUR secret to staying motivated over the long term and how do you reach short term goals as-well?

What do you before a workout to be sure you are motivated to blast through your session,
with achieving the session that you're seeking?
(do you take a per-workout,listen to your favorite jam,or motivation speaker, tell us here?)

For myself. I don't think I really ever reach my goals because I'm ALWAYS seeking ways for improvement, Body Dysmorphia is legit..
I just the show the fuck up daily, I take the good with the bad and when I don't feel on point I still hit my session and just go through the motions..
Same applies in the kitchen, I show the fuck up with a knife and fork..​

 

[Hollywood305]

Comparing myself to guys in the gym ill never look like due to genetics but fantasize about looking like so i keep trying hard. Diet, training, the whole lifestyle. Bodybuliding is the only thing that brings me any joy so id prob kill myself if was a normal looking guy who didnt train

 

[~Vision~]

Comparing myself to guys in the gym ill never look like due to genetics but fantasize about looking like so i keep trying hard. Diet, training, the whole lifestyle. Bodybuliding is the only thing that brings me any joy so id prob kill myself if was a normal looking guy who didnt train

Comparing is a huge motivator.. in some way, shape size or form all of us do some sort of comparison with what we want to look like and what goals we would like to achieve.. someone somewhere gave us that thought process..

 

[Fella Finn]

It's a tricky question.
When it comes to myself, I wouldn't even talk about quote-unquote motivation in my case. To me it's not just a hobby, it's a way of living.

When you love doing something as much as I love doing this and you do it long enough it kinda becomes part of you, like a second nature. At some point you just don't think about it, you just do it like a pre-programmed robot.

When you are truly passionate about something you don't need to seek for external motivators, the motivation comes from within oneself.

 

[Mobster]

Winning. More world records.

 

[stevesmi]

my secret is CHANGE

changing gyms, changing workouts, changing diets, changing even things like music, shoes, clothes.

 

[Hollywood305]

Winning. More world records.

Off topic;
What constitutes a world record? Ive heard of powerlifting leagues claiming world record holding athletes and the weight they put up isnt even close to what ive seen in strongman

 

[Mobster]

Off topic;
What constitutes a world record? Ive heard of powerlifting leagues claiming world record holding athletes and the weight they put up isnt even close to what ive seen in strongman

Such is the fun and games (and many, many hours of debates) in the Irongame. QED: raw and equipped powerlifting. In my mind no one else lifted more - aka all time world record.

 

[cbbram]

I just try to be a better me. If I compare myself to the genetically gifted I'll be disappointed every day.

 

[RickRock]

I've never had a problem with motivation. It was bred into me at an early age. I was always the "underdog" and told I couldn't do this and couldnt do that. So if I had to say where I get my motivation, it's all the naysayers throughout my life. I have always strived to be better in every aspect of my life. Not just the gym. Success in my career, becoming a better father, husband, and human being. The gym success just allowed to gain the confidence to excel everywhere else. You have to be happy with yourself first