Stephen Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Mike so admires my testosterone-fueled alpha-male podcasts that he wants to replicate my buff manliness for himself and his fiancé.

He writes,

My fiancé and I both love working out at the gym, but find it hard to get over that hump of getting our gym clothes on and heading there.

Once we've started, we enjoy it and feel great about ourselves. Can you help?

Oh boy, the gym! I just love going to the gym. No, no I don't. I hate it. You have to lift heavy

things at the gym, and I am too delicate for that. My idea of heavy lifting is stirring

the ice in my drink while I watch the movers haul my boxes up the stairs, and even that

is pretty strenuous. Fortunately, in my ongoing quest to have a studly, manly man physique, instead of the pale, emaciated, squishy geek body I was born with, I've developed several ways to trick myself into going to the gym.

Tip one. Remind yourself why you're going. Start by reminding yourself why you're going.

Start by reminding yourself why you're going. Really?

Dig deep.

Some people are trying to push themselves to achieve things they never thought possible, running a marathon or competing in a triathlon.

We call them overachievers.

We hate them.

We go because we're shallow and want to look hot while surrounded by those ridiculous overachievers who do look great in spandex.

I find that after I've been working out steadily for several weeks, I'll glimpse myself in the mirror and realize that I look better.

And that's when the motivation really kicks in.

Seeing my manly man body where my wimpy geek body used to be really turbocharges that motivation.

Now, I am both the overachiever and the hot eye candy, at least in my own mind.

That much ego gratification in one place encourages me to go to the gym.

Tip two, begin with baby steps. Let's be realistic. Even having a body that could make

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