Welcome back to Get Fit Guy. I'm your host, Dr. Jonathan Sue. Every week, I'll share

science-backed tips to help you get fit, stay fit, and optimize performance.

Stay motivated and consistent with exercise is one of the biggest obstacles

most people face on their fitness journey. No one can escape procrastination and avoidance

when it comes to exercise from time to time. After all, we are humans, and humans seem to be

hardwired to find the path of least resistance

for just about everything. Exercise is hard work, and literally the path of most resistance,

so it takes someone special to naturally stay motivated and consistent with exercise all the time.

I'm going to be real with you. I'm definitely not special in that way.

In fact, if you really want to know the truth, I really don't enjoy exercise most of the time.

Yet, I somehow managed to stay motivated and consistent with exercise about 99% of the time.

I've been able to do this because of a few mental tricks I've

learned over the years from my clients. My clients, you ask? Aren't they supposed to be coming to

me for insights and advice about fitness and physical therapy? Of course, I have technical

knowledge about fitness and physical therapy, but a lot of my clients

are people who are experiencing serious health issues, and it never ceases to amaze me how they're

able to stay motivated and consistent through a challenging physical training regimen to achieve

a higher level of function.

What my clients have figured out is the mental game of exercise, and it has helped

them overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to regain their physical function. What can we

learn from this, and how can we apply it to our goal of staying motivated and consistent with exercise?

Keep listening to find out the two mental tricks you can use to stay motivated and

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