6 Ways to My Most Successful Workouts

1.    This first of these is consistency.

Your result is going to reflect how seriously you are taking your working out. If you are inconsistent, its going to take you 900 years to reach anything. I have gotten to the point where I have enough will power to show up 6 days a week when I can. Form the habit of getting your body in the building or outside (or wherever you work out), even if you suck.

2.    Don’t suck. By that, I mean have enough discipline to know that shortchanging and cheating yourself is also just you playing yourself.

Finish out your reps in their entirety; challenge yourself. Maybe you can add a little more weight on the bar than you did last week or pick up a heavier set of dumbbells.

3.    The right motivation goes a long way. 

Do everything for a better, healthier you. I started taking my heath seriously for a revenge body, which I found to be extremely unfulfilling, as I got closer to my goal. Turns out, no one gives an actual crap about that. Okay, may people do for like 12 seconds? Then guess what—your months of hard work are old news. And then it turned out that I didn’t actually give a crap about the zero craps they gave.

4.    Two words: GOOD MUSIC.

In other words, TRAP. If they wouldn’t play it at KOD or Tootsies, I am deemed unproductive. I sneak off midway through my work out to change the Pandora station on the iPad at my gym frequently. Screw the kids’ classes and their parents waiting on them.

5.    Good company.

This wont be for everybody, but I need friends. Not just any friends, but my usual gym friends. I feed off of the energy around me. I know lots of people who are the exact opposite. I find working out alone HORRIBLY boring. Did I mention I hate working out as a whole? I need entertainment on the side!

6.    The last thing that I ensure is that I am doing exercises that complement my goal, and I make sure that I do them correctly. 

Nothing is worse than doing some generic work outs that are “one size fits all” in theory. You may lose your booty, broaden your back out, add a layer of muscle on top of fat that you probably should lose first, etc. On top of that, utilizing your body correctly (like knowing your form and your limitations) usually comes from starting with help. That is another necessity. My coach is my accountability and also my fitness mentor. She can tell me when my squats suck, which they usually do; so in other words, every day.

Everyone is different. This wont work for all, but it works for me. And that’s why you’re reading it.