Whilst running with a friend the other day, she was telling me about a text message she received and how many excuses were in that message (there were six!). The excuses were about not going walking over the weekend. Of course we have all come up with excuses whenever we don’t want to do something, but the ones that come more often are when we don’t want to exercise.

Here is a list of ones I have made and ones I have heard from others:

  1. I’m busy with work (that’s the classic one, but we all need a break from work).
  2. I don’t have time (we all have the same hours in a day).
  3. It’s cold (you will warm up once you get going).
  4. I don’t have an iPod and I’ve been told I can run better (from a first time runner – music motivates you but try running first and if you like it and continue get an mp3 player – it had to be an iPod).
  5. I get out of breath, I sweat and my face goes red  (yes, that usually happens when you exercise!)
  6. I have back problems – (so try walking – I can’t I have knee problems).
  7. I don’t need to exercise as I’m happy with my weight (you don’t exercise just for weight loss)
  8. I have no one to work out with (working out with someone is great but you won’t always have the same motivation, so get comfortable with working out on your own first).
  9. I have no energy (if you don’t exercise or get moving you won’t have energy. I always feel lazy when I’m not moving about and tend to have less energy then).
  10. Can’t afford the gym (try the great outdoors, all free!)

But as the Nike’s slogan says, ‘Just do it’, or just get out, I find it always works and I end up enjoying the exercise. No excuses needed.

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