Fitness Obstacle: Laziness May 11, 2006
This post is part of the Fitness Obstacles series.
I guess everyone can relate to laziness 
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Of course it’s easier to sit and watch TV for an hour than it is to get off the couch, get changed, go to the gym for a workout, come home, shower and get changed again, and sit back on the couch. That should be obvious to anyone.
There’s also the type of laziness where you slack off during your workout. You don’t lift as much weight as you should, you don’t run as fast or as far as you should, you take it easy instead of putting everything in. Basically, you’re putting in the hours but you’re not really extracting much benefit. Without someone to watch over me, I’m very prone to this one!
The problem is when you slack off for one day, you’re more likely to slack off on the following day as well. It becomes a habit, a way of life, and it’s hard to break out of on your own. For years now I’ve been going to start exercising ’someday soon’. There’s comfort in continuing to do what you’ve always done.
Exercising is all about pushing your body out of its comfort zone. By definition, that’s uncomfortable (duh!). Without effective motivation and self-discipline techniques, we just won’t do it.
The problem with laziness is that it pays off now, whereas hard work pays off later. It’s hard to fight that. This issue ties into my next article, on feedback.
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