No One Cares About My Training: How to Stay Motivated When No One’s Watching

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Feeling like no one cares about your training anymore? You’re not alone. In this episode of Training Oh No’s, Niki and Andrew explore how to stay consistent, motivated, and proud of your training—even when no one else is watching, asking, or cheering you on. Learn how to shift from external validation to intrinsic drive and rediscover meaning in your strength work.

✅ What You’ll Learn

What to do when you feel invisible in your training
Why “no one cares about my training” can actually be a breakthrough
How to build intrinsic motivation that lasts
What progress looks like beyond PRs and applause
Lightweight ways to stay accountable without external hype
How to keep training meaningful, consistent, and yours

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 – Intro: When no one’s watching anymore
01:38 – “No one cares about my training”: where this feeling comes from
04:22 – Internal vs. external motivation
06:50 – What does progress really mean?
09:45 – Building personal accountability systems
12:40 – Real talk: owning your training, no matter what
15:30 – Final thoughts and mindset shifts

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0:00.0	Hey, coaches. Are you still chasing clients every month?
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0:26.0	We'll help you build a coaching business that lasts.
0:35.4	You're listening to Beast Overburden, powered by Barbell Logic.
0:39.6	We're Nikki and Andrew, your personal, professional coaches.
0:42.8	We help you take control of your fitness through hard but doable training and nutrition practices that fit your busy life.
0:50.4	Build a stronger, healthier version of yourself with lifelong habits.
0:58.7	Welcome back to Beast Overburden powered by Barbell Logic, online coaching.
1:04.2	I'm your host, Nikki Sims.
1:05.9	With me is Andrew Jackson.
1:07.7	Hello, hello.
1:08.6	Hello again.
1:09.7	We are on the second episode of our series where we're talking
1:12.2	about turning training, oh no's into oh yeah's or maybe, okay, I can do this. Hell yeah. Even like
1:20.0	Kool-Aid man version. Oh, yeah. Hell yeah, brother. Or Hulk Hogan. Anyway, we're going to go from, oh, no, to oh, brother. Or Hulk Hogan.
1:27.8	Anyway, we're going to go from, oh, no, so yes.
1:32.6	One that came up for us today has definitely occurred in my training before.
1:37.1	I even just had a call, an experience call with someone earlier this week where it came up for her.
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