I've been feeling super unmotivated to work out recently.
The race I was training for got cancelled, and I've been doing typical heavy lifting (squats, deadlift, bench, etc.) for so long that it's getting old...
Normally in the past I would have probably just quit for a while, but having a coach has been super helpful.
We talked for a while yesterday and he mentioned we could just work on something completely different: gymnastic strength training type exercises.
It's not something I've ever trained before, but the idea of learning to do a freestanding handstand pushup sounds pretty cool, and it immediately brought that motivation back.
I feel like this can be generalized to a lot of good habits we get bored of.
I know I have this issue with reading sometimes:
I get bored of a book or category of books and then give up reading entirely for a while, when I should really just switch to a different book.
There's probably a good heuristic in there somewhere: when you're getting bored of something you've been doing a really long time (hobby, good habit, etc.) try to find a way to switch it up instead of quitting.
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