Tip 3 Ways to Get Your Motivation Back Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Alpha LifeOpinion Tip 3 Ways to Get Your Motivation Back In a slump Bored Here' s how to get pumped about getting pumped again by Christian Thibaudeau October 23, 2018June 7, 2021 Tags Bodybuilding, Motivation, Opinion, Strong Words, Tips Training hard is more important than following a plan. And if you're losing motivation, it'll be more difficult to train hard. Someone who trains brutally hard with laser-like focus on a very basic plan will get better results than someone who trains at 80% on the best plan designed by man. The key to training hard is motivation. And the foundation of motivation is looking forward to doing what you have to do. If you start to get bored with your training, there's a good chance that your motivation will fade and your training intensity will erode gradually, without you even noticing it. What can you do when you're losing training motivation? I have three solutions: 1 – Do the opposite Look at how you were training, and for a week or two do the opposite in as many ways as possible. Were you doing low reps? Do high reps. You were using a fast tempo? Use a slow tempo. Was lifting more weight your goal? Try focusing on maximizing the mind-muscle connection. Long rest intervals? Go with a faster training pace, either with shorter rest periods or by doing supersets or giant sets. Are you doing many sets of few exercises? Go with fewer sets of more exercises. Whole body training? Go to a body part split. You get the idea. That change will either rekindle your training motivation by making you enjoy the gym again, or it will make you yearn for the training you were doing. 2 – Read and get excited Read a lot of training articles or books by people you respect and look for the one training program/methodology that gets you excited. Choose the plan that makes you go, "Hmm, that looks really cool!" Oddly enough, don't go with the program that sounds the smartest or the most based in science – go with the one that gets you amped up. Even if that program doesn't address your immediate goal directly, it doesn't matter. It's better to train hard even if it's not 100% what you need. Train like a wuss and you'll lose even more motivation. 3 – Do a week of neural charge training I've written about neural charge training and how it improves CNS recovery and working state. Often, a loss in motivation can be the result of a fatigued CNS. So replace a normal training week with 3-4 neural charge sessions. If your problem was a nervous system issue, I guarantee that before the week is over you'll have a hard time containing yourself and you'll want to hit the weights hard again. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Alpha Life Tip Should Women Take Small Doses of T Here's what happens when women start using testosterone replacement gel. Health & Longevity, Living Better TC Luoma November 23 Alpha Life Why Everyone Hates Personal Trainers An open letter to all those crappy personal trainers who make the rest of the fitness industry look bad. Opinion, Strong Words TC Luoma July 24 Alpha Life Ladies 6 Reasons NOT To Compete Bodybuilding stages are booming with herds of women. Are you planning to be one of them? Before you go any further, read this. Bodybuilding, For Women, Opinion, Powerful Words, Strong Words John Romano January 20 Alpha Life Tip The Power of Urgency and Accountability You need to feel the pressure to find your true potential. Here's why and how to do it. Motivation, Opinion, Powerful Words, Strong Words, Tips Christian Thibaudeau August 24