lack of motivation

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It's been happening for a while but my motivation to train is in the dumper. I'm lucky right now if I hit the gym at all. In the last handful of months I've only had 1 week where I hit all workouts, in the correct order, with no doubling up workouts to make up for missed sessions. Not sure what the hell is going on. I don't think I'm depressed but it does run in my family so who knows. Work wise everything is going well. Recently promoted, nice pay raise better benefits yadda yadda yadda so that area is going really well. Things at home are fine though a little boring but we've been together 15+ years so I guess that is to be expected. I've had one large disappointment in the last month but my lack of motivation has been happening much longer than that so I don't believe they are connected. Just wish I could sort this out.
 
It's been happening for a while but my motivation to train is in the dumper. I'm lucky right now if I hit the gym at all. In the last handful of months I've only had 1 week where I hit all workouts, in the correct order, with no doubling up workouts to make up for missed sessions. Not sure what the hell is going on. I don't think I'm depressed but it does run in my family so who knows. Work wise everything is going well. Recently promoted, nice pay raise better benefits yadda yadda yadda so that area is going really well. Things at home are fine though a little boring but we've been together 15+ years so I guess that is to be expected. I've had one large disappointment in the last month but my lack of motivation has been happening much longer than that so I don't believe they are connected. Just wish I could sort this out.
maybe if you make yourself a goal that’s gonna be hard for you to reach in the gym you’d gain some motivation. Easiest goal to create and train for would be a compound movement PR imo. Whether strength is a priority or not isnt too important, as you can follow a power building type routine while shooting for the stars.
 
It's been happening for a while but my motivation to train is in the dumper. I'm lucky right now if I hit the gym at all. In the last handful of months I've only had 1 week where I hit all workouts, in the correct order, with no doubling up workouts to make up for missed sessions. Not sure what the hell is going on. I don't think I'm depressed but it does run in my family so who knows. Work wise everything is going well. Recently promoted, nice pay raise better benefits yadda yadda yadda so that area is going really well. Things at home are fine though a little boring but we've been together 15+ years so I guess that is to be expected. I've had one large disappointment in the last month but my lack of motivation has been happening much longer than that so I don't believe they are connected. Just wish I could sort this out.
i no sometimes it’s easier said then dune but if you make yourself push threw get it dune i garinte it will put you in a better mental place i tend to train harder if i have any kind a shit going on it for sure keeps me grounded
 
Personally I'd lower the weights and intensity a bit, make it easier to get into some minimal daily routine and you hit the head on the nail with home life, if your bored your bored. Spice things up, go on a romantic weekend get away and maybe some couples counseling just to re connect and re discover your best friend all over again. Happiness starts at home in my opinion. Hope you figure it out brother
 
I hit a similar slump the last two months. My brother, and my dog died 30 days apart. For the life of me, I couldn’t bring myself to train how I should. It sounds simple, but what helped me was not being hard on myself for my role in either death, and not beating myself up for missing the gym. You’re human, and life happens. The best thing to do, is just do what you can. Start with body weight at home, if you don’t feel like a full gym session. Once the body gets endorphins going, you’ll start feeling like working out again. It’s all about building that momentum back up, bro. Even a little push can get a boulder rolling.
 
I hit a similar slump the last two months. My brother, and my dog died 30 days apart. For the life of me, I couldn’t bring myself to train how I should. It sounds simple, but what helped me was not being hard on myself for my role in either death, and not beating myself up for missing the gym. You’re human, and life happens. The best thing to do, is just do what you can. Start with body weight at home, if you don’t feel like a full gym session. Once the body gets endorphins going, you’ll start feeling like working out again. It’s all about building that momentum back up, bro. Even a little push can get a boulder rolling.
My condolences bud. I know you didn't write this for pity, and I don't want to hijack the thread, but may they both rest in peace.
 
You folks are not alone.

I've really struggled since March. First, Covid 19, then food poisoning, next was rear-ended at a stop light causing a severe rupture requiring spinal fusion (Sept 13 2022) to name a few. I am not out of the game but not much motivation if any. Some days I just cant force myself. I`ve lost 8lbs and my BMI is up easy 7-10%.

The disappointment over the sum of these things affecting my goals weighs heavily upon me.

I took a holiday for 6 weeks to Thailand the first of the year and it really boosted my motivation prior to going. I peaked right before I left and was on fire while there. I came back raring to go.

Then life happened!

Maybe you need a vacation to reset?

Burn out is a real thing.

The whole planet has been shit kicked by the last 3 years of Covid-19 hullabaloo!

As I have aged (63) I have been more choosy about where I spend my energy reserves.

I have set the bar to high more than once.

Keep a record of feelings and thoughts for a few weeks and see if any of this makes sense.

It goes away eventually.

Cheers!
 
Personally I'd lower the weights and intensity a bit, make it easier to get into some minimal daily routine and you hit the head on the nail with home life, if your bored your bored. Spice things up, go on a romantic weekend get away and maybe some couples counseling just to re connect and re discover your best friend all over again. Happiness starts at home in my opinion. Hope you figure it out brother
I am sorry for your loss brother.
 
Try taking a week or so off and strictly do active rest. Do fun things that don't involve the gym, and maybe spend more time with your wife. As @granpa1959 said, burnout is real and sometimes what you need are a break and a change. Your motivation will come back if you don't try to force it.
 
I am going to give you really horrible advice, but its what I did when I was unmotived and in a slump for like 6 months.

I bought some tren and ran 175 mg of it every week.

I used prop and ace, because I wanted the little movement in hormones. 175 prop, 175 tren ace.

Sometimes when everything is going well, it can be boring as shit and you need to shake it up.

Well getting a bit of the tren boost did the trick. Now I havn’t been on tren for over a month and I’m still motivated.
 
I find what’s best to get me going again is change up training and put in some old exercises you haven’t done in a while.

Also slow down your movements and really ramp up intensity but keep the workouts short.

I also like to plan my next workout then my mind is already there and I get excited to go beat the shit out of myself.
 
I think the main thing is not to stop completely. It is harder to start from scratch again.

Give yourself a brief break if your body needs it, long enough for you to rest but not lose interest completely.
 
It's been happening for a while but my motivation to train is in the dumper. I'm lucky right now if I hit the gym at all. In the last handful of months I've only had 1 week where I hit all workouts, in the correct order, with no doubling up workouts to make up for missed sessions. Not sure what the hell is going on. I don't think I'm depressed but it does run in my family so who knows. Work wise everything is going well. Recently promoted, nice pay raise better benefits yadda yadda yadda so that area is going really well. Things at home are fine though a little boring but we've been together 15+ years so I guess that is to be expected. I've had one large disappointment in the last month but my lack of motivation has been happening much longer than that so I don't believe they are connected. Just wish I could sort this out.

Happens to everyone man. Don’t kick yourself about it .
Not sure what kind of advice to give because honestly everyone is different.
Take a break don’t take a break I don’t know .

Only thing I can tell you for sure is that it will pass


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Last 6 weeks for me has been like that for me, I trained 4 times last week and 2 times this week so far so slowly getting back into I also find i need to switch up where I've been training every few years, life happens and it takes the wind out of us hopefully you can find something that works for you.
 
I am going to give you really horrible advice

For a noob probably.

I’m in the same boat as mm, having to dig deep every work out and 90% of the time not digging deep enough, going on 2 years now.

Coming back and reading got me seriously thinking of jumping back on the tren train. Nothing crazy more in line with what you were suggesting. Let’s face it, nothing makes you more accountable then having some tren run through your veins.
 
Im kinda having similar issues. But its off and on.. i go hard for a couple weeks then lose it. Do you guys use any pre workout? It does seem to help. Not the motivation to go to the gym. But helps me get it done when im there.
 
ECA stacks but it plays havoc with my prostate which I can’t afford to mess with at this point.

My thing isn’t really getting through a work out, it’s more a waking up in the morning and dreading knowing I have to work out. I tried everything, going light-heavy, shortening up my the WO, even just training body parts I loved training. Non of it makes me want to dive into a WO. Once I’m on my third set it’s not bad, I crank up Marilyn Manson and get it done.

Gawd I miss the days when I couldn’t wait to get in the gym, I’d have days I didn’t want to stop when done and just stayed and do random exercises for another hour.
 
ECA stacks but it plays havoc with my prostate which I can’t afford to mess with at this point.

My thing isn’t really getting through a work out, it’s more a waking up in the morning and dreading knowing I have to work out. I tried everything, going light-heavy, shortening up my the WO, even just training body parts I loved training. Non of it makes me want to dive into a WO. Once I’m on my third set it’s not bad, I crank up Marilyn Manson and get it done.

Gawd I miss the days when I couldn’t wait to get in the gym, I’d have days I didn’t want to stop when done and just stayed and do random exercises for another hour.

Dumb suggestion maybe but watch some of those motivational videos. There’s some by makaveli I really like here
Ronnie doing legs :
The underdogs :
Chris bumstead : king of the hill




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ECA stacks but it plays havoc with my prostate which I can’t afford to mess with at this point.

My thing isn’t really getting through a work out, it’s more a waking up in the morning and dreading knowing I have to work out. I tried everything, going light-heavy, shortening up my the WO, even just training body parts I loved training. Non of it makes me want to dive into a WO. Once I’m on my third set it’s not bad, I crank up Marilyn Manson and get it done.

Gawd I miss the days when I couldn’t wait to get in the gym, I’d have days I didn’t want to stop when done and just stayed and do random exercises for another hour.
Take cialis 5 mg eod and that will help with your prostate.

Maybe just run ephedrine alone?

And my tbought it a shit workout is better than no workout at all. So even if I don‘t feel like it I at least half ass it.
Some days my joints are just tight and don’t feel like it. So sometimes I just pick and exercise that gives no grief and do like 10 sets of that. Call it a day and eat an ice creambar, lol. And this is why I have no abs, lol.
 
OP sounds like burnout, when was the last time you and wifey went on a vacation just the two of you? That always does the trick, and it's a light at the end of the tunnel and you'll come back excited to workout to clean up the mess you made from hanging out at the swim up bar and eating churros all day

Even just 3 nights over a weekend in Vegas to have some good dinners and some fun is a great reset and I'll come back ready to get back to it

If it's just workout burnout then try doing other exercise for a week preferably outdoors, hiking, biking, swimming, etc. I just grabbed a skateboard and hit a bowl with my kids a week ago for a couple hours, i couldnt walk the next day and I had so much fun, so that counted as a leg day. Mix it up
 
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