What is going on everyone? Welcome to another episode of the fit, healthy, and most of all happy podcast.

I am your coach and host Josh here with his co-host and co-coach KG and I'm in the house.

And we're coming at you with some fire today with eight tips to stay motivated all year round.

You know, we did an episode previously on how to get and stay motivated.

But we really put our heads together and we said, what are eight tips that are going to move the needle to get that motivation, to keep that motivation, and to keep going in all cylinders, especially, you know, with the time of year it is, being a little darker, colder. So buckle up. Here's eight ways to drive up that motivation. Number one is to pick the right

gym and right now you might be saying, well, not many gyms are open or I'm working out from home,

but it's so important to control your environment. If you have the ability, for instance, me,

do I want to be going to Planet Fitness or Gold's Gym? A Gold's Gym will suit me better, right? I like that atmosphere. I need barbells. I need that. You know, I kind of enjoy that meathead mentality, you know, people just working hard going at it. Even those old school dungeon gyms, like, that's a place I kind of like, where if you're someone who's newer to the journey and going to a gym where people are screaming, dellifting 700 pounds, running around shirtless. Like, you know, you don't want to be in an environment that isn't going to motivate you. And just the same, like, be careful. A lot of people do their home workouts in the living room, but they see that as a relaxation place. And they have a hard time segueing from, this is where I relax to this is where I also work out. You know, maybe it's better to do it in a very specific room of the house you don't use, you know, even if you have like a laundry room or some weird awning or in the garage, you know, find that space that you can say, listen, this is where I'm going to go to get this done. Just the same with, you know, really keeping spaces meant for what they're meant to be. You know, that's why I'm not a big fan of resting, you know, in your bedroom, on your bed.

Like, you should have that, you know, for sleep among other things. And then just the same with anywhere else in your house. You know, I try to really keep my office space for work, you know, and not as much for relaxation. and by having those, you know, establishing this is what this is for and controlling your environment.

You can really drive up motivation.

I'm really glad that you brought. and by having those, you know, establishing this is what this is for and controlling your

environment, you can really drive up motivation. I'm really glad that you brought that up because even yesterday I tried one of my first home workouts and, you know, hey, if you have to work out from home, I think there's a lot of stuff that you can, you know, talk, kind of fix, like even like the space that you do at, the time that you do it, whether you have pre-worker or you don't, the time that you do it.

Like just so much goes into it.

I think I said time twice. But even myself yesterday, I felt probably about five times weaker. The exercises were not harder. Like it wasn't anything like that. It was just because of the space that I was doing it in. It was so much harder. So if you do have the luxury, you know,

going to a gym is huge. Like I next time I will take that 30 minute drive and go to my gym and do it. But even like afterwards, I went for a walk and I felt so much more motivated motivated on the walk. So, you know, just a random thing to like when you do have that control to be like, okay, you know, I would rather go for a little bit of a run and go do some pull-ups rather than just do this, you know, stuff like inside my house in the living room where I usually chill and watch TV and stuff. So, you know, whatever you can control, just pick the right atmosphere and you will always be way more motivated because I'm not going to lie. I felt so much weaker, which led to me feeling so much more demotivated. I'm like, what the heck? whereas when I go in the gym, I'm 15 times stronger. So something to think about for sure.

And then number two is just so much more demotivated. I'm like, what the heck? Whereas when I go in the gym, I'm 15 times stronger.

So something to think about for sure. And then number two is just remembering that this is a marathon, it really isn't a sprint. I think as soon as people start picking up some weights, as soon as they start eating one healthy meal or just making one small change, they're kind of like instantly expecting need to look like, you know,

the Hulk or look like, you know,

Victoria's Secret model.

I don't know,

whatever you aspire to,

uh, small change. They're kind of like instantly expecting to look like, you know, the Hulk or look like, you know, Victoria Seeker model. I don't know, whatever you aspire to achieve. Like, it is a marathon. And the most important thing is you have to really focus on the sustainability side of things, right? It's going to take a while, you know, building those habits. Like if it comes very quickly, it's also going to be able to be gone

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