You generally know that exercising regularly has many benefits for your mental and physical health. However, doing the same activity over and over again can leave you bored and unmotivated.

Lack of support from friends and family and not achieving the desired results are also often reasons to stop exercising. How can you re-motivate yourself to keep exercising? Check out these tips.

How to Motivate Yourself to Keep Exercising

It is important to realize that lack of physical activity can contribute to chronic health problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, type 2 diabetes and stress.

Therefore, it is very important to maintain an active lifestyle. Restore your motivation to exercise with the following steps:

Choose a sport you enjoy

The key to staying consistent with exercise is to find a sport that you enjoy. If you're unsure, you can try different types of exercise and compare them with each other to see which one you like and enjoy the most.

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Join an exercise class

Exercising alone at home may be convenient for your privacy. But exercising alone, especially if the exercise activity doesn't change, it's easy to get bored.

Join an exercise class or club that provides a supportive environment and increases your motivation to exercise. Interacting with people who share the same interests can create support, discipline and positive habits. In addition, the instructor of the exercise class can also provide a variety of routines in each class so you won't get bored easily

Have an exercise goal

Setting specific, measurable and realistic goals can help keep you motivated and give you direction on how to exercise. For example, let's say your goal is to achieve a certain abdominal circumference, weight, or body shape.

Having a workout buddy

When you exercise with a friend, you will be more motivated, encourage each other, find it easier to try new things, and become more consistent in exercising. Find a buddy who shares the same goals, commitment and schedule as you. 

There are fitness apps that provide a buddy system so you can share your progress, set goals together and support each other. Even though you may live in different cities or train in different places, you can schedule specific days or times to train together.

Don't overdo it

Overloading the body with excessive exercise time can lead to fatigue and boredom. To maintain good health, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends exercising at least 150 minutes per week. However, if your goal is to lose weight, then you may need more exercise time, around 150-250 minutes per week.

Not only can over-exercising lead to boredom, but it can also increase the risk of injury. After all, your muscles and body need time to recover so that you can return to your activities comfortably the next day. Exercise within your limits.

If you have stopped exercising for a long time, you may want to consult your doctor before getting back into the swing of things. Start with light exercises and gradually increase the duration and intensity. Don't overexert yourself so as not to cause injury and reduce your motivation to exercise.

If you need medical advice or consultation, you can either visit a doctor or make use of the consultation features that are available in the Ai Care application by downloading the Ai Care application from the App Store or Play Store.

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