Monday Motivation 12/12/23

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We talked a couple of weeks ago about how it is momentum, not motivation, that will give you sustained success.

As much as I love seeing motivational posters with my quotes in gyms, I know that it is not motivation that helps people gain strength and lose weight in the gym. That might get you into the gym. But it is consistency — showing up every day, day after day, even on the bad days, until the habit becomes automatic — that makes you successful.

I also know that people like to create arbitrary dates to start their fitness journeys. The day they pick to start is almost never the best day to start because the best day is today. The best time right now.

But how many times do we say, “The diet starts on Monday,” or “January 1st, I’m finally quitting smoking,” or “My New Year’s resolution is to lose 20 pounds?”

What’s the magic of Mondays, the first of every month, and even January 1? 

Let’s just call it what it is: procrastination.

It’s putting off something you know you need to do, maybe even something you WANT to do. It is easier to say you’ll start some day you pick in the future because it means you don’t have to do the work today.

It’s time to terminate procrastinating and make our lives better. That’s why we launched our Finish Strong challenge. You have the first workout today (see the workout of the week below), and you’ll get them every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until the new year. You don’t have to think about anything. You just have to do it.

It starts today. We want to grow this village and give you more motivation to start your momentum now so you aren’t flat-footed and starting from zero on January 1. We ask that you share your workouts on your favorite social media sites, tag me, and use #ArnoldsChallenge.

We will pick three random winners who post their workouts and give them one thousand dollars each. If you’re part of the Pump app, just keep doing your normal workouts and post those because you know we are fanatics about sticking to the program.

That’s pretty good motivation to start building your routine now, isn’t it? 

So what are you waiting for?