Transcript: The Days You Don't Want to Work Out Are the Most Important | Fitness Discipline Over Motivation
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Ashley argues that the answer to not wanting to go to the gym is simply to go anyway, sharing her own experiences during her 100 days of fitness where she got dressed and showed up even on days she was in physical pain.
What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here. Welcome to More Movement Please. Today I want to talk about what to do on the days that you don't want to go to the gym. Even if you have made it a habit, even if you have made it something that you do every single day, there are going to be days that you're going to wake up and you're going to be like, God, I just don't want to go to the gym today. So what should you do on those days? I have the answer for you. And I know You might be surprised by this, but this is what you should do on the days you don't want to go to the gym. Go anyway. I know. Can you believe it? It's just groundbreaking information. You can't even believe the fact that I just said that, I'm sure. But the reality is, if you are trying to be serious, if you are trying to lose weight, if you are trying to get stronger, trying to get healthier, trying to make it a habit, you cannot cancel this date with yourself. You
have to get up and put in the work. And it sucks. I get it. I really do. There have been days that I have not wanted to go at all. I've either had a headache or my stomach was hurting or insert, honestly, insert excuse here. Because that's what it is, isn't it? Now, I will tell you that during my 100 days of fitness, there were two days that I literally could not go to the gym. But it was because I was in so much pain that I physically could not move. And it wasn't like I was trying to give myself an out. The funny thing is, on both of those days, I got up and got dressed. Even though I didn't want to go to the gym and I didn't feel like it, I actually got up and got dressed and was gonna go. Hell, one of the days, I went to the gym and then turned around and had to come back home because I was in so much physical pain. But the point is, I made the commitment to go even though I didn't want to go. And the days that you don't want
to go and you work out anyway, you're gonna feel so much better, so much prouder of yourself for the fact that you went anyway. I've never heard anybody say that they regretted working out. Sure, I've heard people say that they regretted going too high on their weights. I've heard people say that they regretted overdoing it or that they did something in their workout that was stupid or that they shouldn't have done that led to injury or some other issue. But I've never heard anybody say that they regretted actually putting the time into themselves, taking the time to take care of themselves. So if you are hoping to increase your fitness increase the amount of times that you are putting in the reps you got to commit to it and I know this has been a running theme that I've been talking about for a while but it's so true and the funny thing is the more you do it the more you will become it'll it'll become ingrained in you it'll become
Ashley observes that she's never heard anyone say they regretted putting in the time on themselves, only that they regretted overdoing it or getting injured.
second nature you'll feel weird on the days that you don't go because those two days that I could not go to the gym They felt weird, man. Yeah, okay, I was hovered over in pain and trying to get better. But I really missed being around the gym. I missed being with my people that I was working out with. And that's the other thing. You've got to find your groove, your thing that you love to do. For me, it's group fitness. I have to be working out with other people. Something about torturing yourself with other people in the room. makes it that much better and that much easier for you to commit and stick around and keep doing it and keep showing up. Because you know that if you don't, the people that you've been working out with, they're going to wonder where you are. And that's a good thing, at least for me. I know some people, they don't want to be around anybody when they're working out. And
Ashley talks about how repetition makes gym-going feel like second nature, and how finding the format you love — for her, group fitness — makes it easier to keep showing up.
that's fine. But that's the whole thing is you've got to figure out what works best for you and then commit to it and then keep showing up, keep putting in the reps, even on the days you don't feel like it. That's what I got for you today. I hope you enjoyed this quick little episode. Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?