I started doing resistance training (amateur powerlifting) about 7 years ago and have found a number of things that keeps it going for me.
* Routine is what makes it stick, if my goal is to do three days a week and miss the first day I often times end up skipping the week. But once I've gone that first day it's easier to maintain the rest of the week and to keep that going in subsequent weeks.
* Exercising for exercises sake is a bad motivator (for me at least). I like powerlifting because I can see programmable gains; I can easily gamify it for myself.
* Rest is important you need energy to exercise and if you don't rest properly it can become too much of a drain.
I'm a big fan of powerlifting, it's something you can easily do alone but also share ideas on forms and programs with people if you wish.
The health benefits are good as well both mentally and physically.
* Routine is what makes it stick, if my goal is to do three days a week and miss the first day I often times end up skipping the week. But once I've gone that first day it's easier to maintain the rest of the week and to keep that going in subsequent weeks.
* Exercising for exercises sake is a bad motivator (for me at least). I like powerlifting because I can see programmable gains; I can easily gamify it for myself.
* Rest is important you need energy to exercise and if you don't rest properly it can become too much of a drain.
I'm a big fan of powerlifting, it's something you can easily do alone but also share ideas on forms and programs with people if you wish.
The health benefits are good as well both mentally and physically.