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by duttish 411 days ago
Working out.

For me the key has been two things, remove thinking and at least five minutes.

- Find a programme, doesn't really matter which one as long as it's one you can follow for at least six months.

- Set the days you're working out.

- Pack or prepare everything the evening before.

Less thinking is less opportunity to go "Hmmm, I'm tired. I'll do it tomorrow". Just follow the programme. On those days do that amount of reps of those exercises.

The five minutes thing is that I always do at least warm up and then five minutes more. After that I'm allowed to stop, but at that point I'm changed, at the right place, warmed up and doing it. 39/40 times I do the workout.

My brain is ridiculously easy to fool, it's quite convenient.