Restart Your Motivation With These Expert Tips

If COVID-19 has taught us nothing else, it has taught us the challenge and value of listening to ourselves. Perhaps nowhere else does that hold more true than when it comes to motivation. What got you to get off the couch or start on a project yesterday might not be the prompt that gets you going today.

Motivation is often considered synonymous with inspiration, but that’s just one catalyst that might start your engine. Experts have characterized four types of motivation:

We asked 24 Hour Fitness experts who have been teaching Virtual Group Training sessions and who lead club teams for their tips to stay motivated. All of them shared ideas that play off of multiple types of motivation. Not surprisingly, they said motivation techniques that are extrinsic still must have meaning for you—and techniques that play off of guilt or shame didn’t figure into their playbooks.

Read on and try something that resonates today, and come back when you need a fresh approach.

Christine Hawthorne, Fitness Manager, 24 Hour Fitness Escondido Super-Sport, Escondido, California

Emily Potratz, Fitness Manager, 24 Hour Fitness Richmond Sport, Richmond, California

Annie Culotta, Fitness Manager, 24 Hour Fitness Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach, California

Valerie Mundt, Fitness Manager, 24 Hour Fitness Galleria Sport, Houston, Texas

Chrystal Thomas, Senior Regional Fitness Specialist, Southern California