I have always done some kind of work out in my life, however, as of the last two years i’ve stopped caring about it and had no interest in it. I did swimming from 4 to 14 years old, and from 14 to 16 i went to the gym pretty constantly, but now as an 18 year old i don’t do anything. I’ve found myself missing swimming, but mostly just giving up on the gym because i stopped finding enjoyment in it. However i am well aware that i should probably do something, it’s just very hard to want to do it in the first place. I don’t really care about being strong or handsome, but i’ve always been overweight since i was a little kid and even tho i’m on a diet, i struggle with losing weight and the advice is always “go to the gym”. How do YOU manage to find motivation to work out?
TL:DR - move with friends
When I started college is when I really started getting in shape and getting my life on order. It’s no coincidence that that’s when I started making solid friends. Everything’s more fun when there’s people to do it with. We joined our university’s Table Tennis club and went religiously. Still play years later here and there because of it. It also made going to the gym and just yeeting weights easier. Everything is easier with friends.
Potential downside to that is that you’re at least partially reliant on other people. I had a gym buddy back in the day. We’d go M/W/F like clockwork, every week for months.
Then we missed a day and literally never went back.