Comments on: Intense Exercise at Home – Easy to Give Up When No One is Watching

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:11:40 +0000

I have always found it difficult to stay focused and finish what I had planned to achieve during my home workouts. Thank you for the inspiring and helpful read!

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How to Set Up the Simple Home Gym Fitness Program | The IF Life — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:02:19 +0000

[...] Rusty's motivation to keep going at home even when no one is looking [...]

By: Chris- Exercise Ball

Chris- Exercise Ball — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:36:17 +0000

I have been working out at home for two years now. I find i am actually much more effective on my own since the gym can often distract me

By: Azri Miskal

Azri Miskal — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:42:35 +0000

I think why some people want to workout at home is because of the fact that they feel daunted by going to the gym, or feel lost when it comes to gym equipments. Therefore, working out at home seems appropriate, but again another evil hits them – lack of motivation to see their workout through.

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:01:08 +0000

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By: Denzel - Genf20

Denzel - Genf20 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:48:05 +0000

@ Ruoall,

Your nauseous feeling could be caused by some unknown "glitch" in your body; if this persists even after a long time, go for a check up to rule out some other more serious cause. For example, diabetes type 1 onset can make it difficult to exercise without feeling a vague fatigue internally. But so can many other syndromes or disorders, os it's best to rule out something serious.

By: Ruoall Chapman

Ruoall Chapman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:22:46 +0000

The biggest problem I have is discipline. Damn, it's so true that when you are alone, there's no-one to push you.

I bought myself the Bodylastics system (Terrell Owens) and I am ashamed to say that I have only used it about 5 times in as many months. I know I know, I'm useless…

When I train, I get nauseous and feel like passing out… Why is that? I hate that…

By: Chris Maxcer

Chris Maxcer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:27:42 +0000

I've been working out at home for years. What I miss from the gym is all the equipment — some days it's nice to have 120lb dumbbells on hand. But I'll echo the point about variety — different types of pushups, for instance. As for getting going and skipping workouts, sometimes I'll fake myself out — say, "OK, just bust out 50 pushups and 24 curls." Usually, once I break the inertia and get moving, I can get a real workout in.

One more thing: fantastic video. Thanks for posting.

By: Sekasi_Oz

Sekasi_Oz — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:08:59 +0000

Results are what keep me motivated. A low carb diet with a lot of attention on ketosis combined with body weight exercise has brought me down to 9% body fat and for every month I see new muscles appear from leaning down.

That and really brutal metal. Nothing better

By: Jason G

Jason G — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:30:45 +0000

The best way to stay motivated at home is to constantly beat your record. Make it a habit of always doing better than last time. If its cardio add a extra minute or up your intensity. If its weight lifting try adding another rep or increase the weight another 2 1/2 pounds. You might not always beat your record, but you will be working out close to your potential.

By: saddam riaz

saddam riaz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:20:30 +0000

hay rusty ,
i wanted to thak u i started dieting (eat stop eat)with hiit and steady cardio 4 times a week with 3 training days and first week i didnt loose any fat but today i was shocked to see that i lost 2 kgs in a week well almost 2 its like 1.8 to be exact but i m so excited diet really becomes easy when u see the results and good thing is now im lukin and feelin great my body fat level is 22 % ryt nw ill wanna get it down to 8% and also i wanto tell u that im 6,1" and 80 kg what do u think would be the ideal ripped weight for me ??im planning to loose 1 kg every wekk i no its alot but m just eating 900 to 1000 calories a day with 2 days of fast

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:37:00 +0000

motivation is need by everyone at different times in their life, thanks

By: The Spaniard

The Spaniard — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:02:33 +0000

Sue, thanks.
No problem with the fish oils (my wife has been giving them to me for a long time now) and a funny story about my cartilage: when the doctor checked my knees he found out that my cartilages look like the ones of a little kid (that's why I have always suffered from pain on my knees and legs).. I must be a mutant

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:24:55 +0000

Intense exercise, absolutely needs a strong mindset otherwise you are doomed to failure.
One should work on self motivation and this is a marathon procedure and not a sprint.
Nice job.Keep on!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:56:52 +0000

I disagree with your two-point belief system. I don't want to be better than other people, that creates an arms race I don't want to be in. That's how men with six packs are unhappy after seeing someone with an 8 pack. and a man with an 8 pack unhappy with his body because he saw some photoshopped b.s. with more definition than him.

How do I know this? Even though I'm fit and healthy, a couple years ago I had an 8 pack more defined than marriem-webster. I didn't notice, I have to look at pictures to believe what kind of shape I was in–I was too busy comparing myself to others.

By: Daniel Munday

Daniel Munday — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:35:48 +0000

The key is knowing where you want to be. That has to be your driving force – knowing where you want to go and never going back to where you were.

The other thing as mentioned is crank the tunes – whatever works for you. That's a key to always pumping me up when needed

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:35:10 +0000

You need to do strengthening exercises for your arthritic knee. Just google it – strength exercises for arthritic knee. Also, take fish oils for their anti-inflammatory effect and maybe something else to strengthen the cartilage.

By: The Spaniard

The Spaniard — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:17:05 +0000

Rusty, quick question that has nothing to do with this post. According to my knee x-ray, the good news is that it is not broken, the bad news, it seems to be arthritis. That means that runnig for now would be out of the picture until I lose weight…but, what leg exercises can be done to maintain the muscles on my legs without hurting the knee? Yesterday I was practicing with my son some martial arts kicks and when I had to put all the weight on my left leg it hurt. Basically, all the leg exercises that I know would hurt: squats, lunges, leg extension….

By: mindbodygoal

mindbodygoal — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:27:59 +0000

I always train alone at home with my powerlifting and kettlebell workouts and never have a problem with motivation, in fact, I often have a problem holding myself back from doing too much.

For me, the key to success when it comes to training at home is down to setting goals and keeping it varied.

The goal setting is the most important aspect for me.
As many of your readers know doubt know, setting over all long term, specific and achieveable goals are crucial to the success of any program of fitness – after all, how can one motivate themselves fully without something specific to strive for?

However, coming down to individual workouts, well I see each session as having a goal of its own, whether to achieve a specific amount of reps with a certain weight, or to perform a specific amount of work.

For example, a recent session goal for me was to complete 100 kettlebell snatches within 6 minutes, repeated 5 times.

My sessions are rarely the same exercise for exercise, but their purpose always plays a part in where I am headed (normally for powerlifting training in my case).

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:41:22 +0000

@Liz:

YEAH! Right on sister!