Uncover Your ONE Workout Barrier for Results and How to Overcome It

One of the biggest complaints people have in fitness is not seeing the results they want or hope for after working out for a period of time.

But with a deeper dive, you can understand there are actually reasons why results are elusive.

Some people have many excuses why they don’t workout and to be honest, it’s obvious by how they look and feel.

But for the above average person they look better than the average person but it’s not anywhere close to his or her potential.

And often it’s only one barrier that is limiting your results.

What is YOUR one workout barrier for seeing the fitness results you desire?

Here are some possible barriers:

Time – the reality is time is always going to be a challenge. And depending on your season of life at the moment, this may be the primary barrier to see any results at all

Motivation – it’s hard to get motivated to workout let alone see results. Once you get going, you’re usually good but getting motivated and actually started is just killing you

Boredom – sometimes the only barrier is you’re simply bored. You do the same workout ALL of the time and the monotony are taking you down and your results

Injury – a nagging injury or one that takes you out of the game completely can be a deal breaker to seeing any tangible results or at least for awhile

Challenge – you’re consistent and time, motivation, boredom, or injury is not the issue. You just need a good old-fashioned calling you out type of challenge to push you for results

Consistency – hands down, you’re simply not seeing your results because you’re just not consistent. You gain then lose momentum and it’s needs to change

Here Are Four Ways to Overcoming Your Workout Barrier for Results

1. Define the Barrier

It’s amazing how the simplest things can make a big difference. Often we just don’t even think about why we’re not getting results. Another day, week and month goes by without any results.

And with a little thought, we can identify the barrier. What is your barrier? It is one of the following described above:

Time
Motivation
Boredom
Injury
Challenge
Consistency
Something else

Define what is your barrier holding you back from results and move on to #2.

2. Check the Validity

Can I be blunt? Sometimes the supposed barrier is nothing more than an excuse. It’s not a REAL barrier.

If this is the case, go back and actually define your barrier. It’s a must for you to see any meaningful results.

This is a gut check (and hopefully not too big of a gut). Call yourself out and really look at your barrier to working out. Is it real or are you using it as a cover? If so, realize it’s only affecting you.

And this is solvable…

3. Seek Strategic Solutions

This is where most people give up or prefer just making excuses. And that’s your choice but your fitness results will reside in the fiction section.

Seeking strategic solutions means you have a true desire to solve the problem. Not getting results is a problem to solve, not a tension to manage.

If it’s TIME, check your level of commitment and make it a scheduled appointment on your calendar just like an important meeting. Time will ALWAYS be a challenge. Whether it’s work travel, long days, or a busy schedule, you need to commit and stick to a preset time for a week or two and begin to see some results.

If it’s MOTIVATION, consider revisiting how you ultimately would like to look and feel. It may mean staring at your body in the raw and hitting some discontent with that moment. Or you may need to get everything prepped and commit to working out for at least ten minutes. Just get started consistently and let the momentum kick in.

If it’s BOREDOM, this is one of the easiest barriers to correct and the answer is one word: variety. I get bored easy with my workouts and having a few different options quickly breaks me out of the boredom phase. A different style or workout is key for me and may be for you as well.

If it’s INJURY, this can be a battle. If it’s an injury that puts you on the bench, make sure it fully heals AND tighten up your nutrition. Sometimes you can still do certain exercises (abs / legs) to get in some workout regularity. Then listen to your body. If it’s a nagging injury, it may need rest or physical attention. But do something besides make it worse or use it as an excuse.

If it needs a CHALLENGE, then find some options. Is it training for an event such as a race or smaller triathlon? Or is it a workout that is really going to push you like P90X3 or Insanity Max: 30? Find what can push you and work toward that goal. You will see results along the way.

If it’s CONSISTENCY, then you have a battle on your hands. The consistency may be a combination of any of the above: time / motivation / boredom / injury. You likely know what is causing the inconsistency and therefore could know how to strategically solve or at least dramatically improve this area.

And if it’s SOMETHING ELSE, use you logic and process above to find a strategic solution to overcome this barrier and begin to see results. Chances are you know what it is and some options to solving it. If not, contact me and I would love to have that conversation with you.