How to Avoid Using Your Home Gym as a Clothes Rack

So here’s the situation.

You have a home gym, treadmill, elliptical trainer, or some other piece of home fitness equipment. But it’s sitting in the corner of the room being used as a clothes rack. You haven’t gotten any use out of it for months, and you might be thinking of selling it off.

There’s a reason why you initially bought this piece of equipment, and I can bet that it wasn’t meant to hang your clothes on (there are much cheaper alternatives than that).

It was probably along the lines of “toning up” or “losing weight” or “getting fit” and so on and so forth. You know it’s probably a good idea to start exercising again, but you might be thinking:

1. “I’m too busy with (insert your reasons here), and I just don’t have the time right now.”

2. “I’ll do it later.”

3. “I’m not too sure what exercises to do.”

4. “I just don’t have any motivation right now. Maybe in the future when I get fired up I’ll start again.”

5. “I’m feeling pretty tired these days with everything going on. I’ll get to it once I have some energy.”

But what were the reasons that made you buy this machine? How long did you actually use this machine? Why did you stop? And why aren’t you using it now?

What you’ll do is examine your reasons why, and give you an actionable guide to get you off your couch, take the clothes off your home gym and start using it the way it was meant to be used (and start achieving your goals!)

Here is a Solution.

You need to set some goals, and you need to set a plan to get to those goals. That’s right, just like what all the self help guru preaches, this is what you need to do. The reason why you need to set goals is that then you’ll have something to work towards.

And I’m not talking about some up-in-the-air, vague goals like, “I want to look toned”, or “I want to lose weight”.

I’m talking about detailed, specific goals. Something along the lines of, “I will lose 10 pounds of fat in 60 days”.

Also, along with setting goals, you need to write down your “reasons why” you want to achieve this goal. Losing 10 pounds of fat in 60 days is fine and dandy, but you’ll be way more motivated to exercise if you’re constantly reminded that your wedding is in 60 days!

Here’s an acronym that will help you set and attain your fitness goals:

S.M.A.R.T-R (pronounced “smarter”)

SMART-R stands for:

S-Specific

M-Measurable

A-Action oriented

R-Reasonable

T-Timed

R-Reasons why

Let’s go into details of each point:

Specific

“The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implem