| 18 May 2010
When we exercise by ourselves there is often the tendency or temptation to cut a few corners or not train with the intensity that will give me the best results for effort but there are many ways to make exercise more interesting, motivating and more enjoyable. Here's just a couple of ways...
Today rather than going for a run early in the morning I took my son with me to exercise at the local athletics track late this afternoon. There were 8 younger, more athletic and more talented athletes there finishing the final stages of their training. Not wanting to make a fool of myself amongst these athletes and coaches I decided to use their presence to my advantage.
With others watching on I found myself running with a good technique and I managed to maintain a running pace and intensity that gave me a real high and a sense of achievement.
As I drove back home from the athletics track I turned on the car radio. One woman was sharing her hilarious and far more innovative way to use the people around her to keep her motivated during her exercise...
Every morning she would run along the main road wearing a shirt that read, “Honk, if I stop running.” Now that’s motivation!
