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Monday Motivation - 3 Levels of Success
Blog | February 18, 2018
There are 3 levels of mindset that correlate closely with the level of your success. Which one can you relate to? I have a few tips on how to grow from the beginner level all the way to the advanced.
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Private Member |
Hi Zuzka and everybody, I have a confession, kind of, and I’m really looking for help. I have been working out with you for a little over a year and I still feel like I’m in a beginner level. I have been having problems with doing cardio, or at least fast work outs. I get dizzy. Right now I still feel dizzy from the 15 minute fit slide #5 and 15 minute cool down and stretch I did a couple of hours back. I have gotten better with time, and where I live its summer right now, the heat may have something to do with it, but it is kind if a consistent thing throughout the year, even when i have the AC on. I guess I am wondering if anyone has been through the same thing and how you overcame it. I am really organized and motivated to work out, but I look at the work out that you posted on this video and go, wow I wish I could do that and not stop the video 5 times in the process (when I started I stopped them a lot more).
I know this is probably not the case for most of you guys, I hope it isn’t anyway… because it sucks. I feel like I should be much more advanced than I am, I am young, I have no pain, I am not that flexible but im consistent with my workouts. I guess if I were just scared I wouldn’t be able to work out period (like if it were psychological) and I do, it may take me longer, but I always finish them.
Any advice?
Thanks <3
Private Member |
Hi Zuzka,
I think I am intermediate but sometimes I lack action especially in the last month or so. Been very busy and tired and not motivated to do any exercise. I really wanted to but then I think oh if i spend time on myself than I will fall behind renovating the house. My motivation with food lacks after 2 weeks when I don’t see any results. I know I have to be more patient. I have been doing this since my teenage years and dunno how to break it. I am good for 2 weeks and then on the last weekend of the 2nd week I always eat heaps….like heaps bread, butter, constantly eating. Not so much crap but heaps more food that I shouldn’t be. I am following your plant based plan. Had to start again……but anyway I love it. Would should I do not to overeat so much. i know it is bad but dunno how to stop it. I use to eat heaps over the weekend coz I always thought to myself: I will start on Monday. How do I break the cycle. I can’t do it with following your plan 😉 but what will happen after?
Thanks for your answer
Sona 😉
Private Member |
st. peter, minnesota, usa
I think I am in the intermediate stage in this area. The video helped me to understand both where I am regarding my fitness, and where my husband is (he is in the beginner stage and can’t watch the videos I do or even watch me workout because it actually demotivates him).
I also think this concept can apply to areas of life other than fitness. In my case, I ended up in the beginner category regarding my career path after having a baby. I was in graduate school, the only one rushing off early from the lab every day to pick up my baby before the daycare closed (while everyone else stayed at least 3 hours longer). I devolved to the beginner stage and eventually built up a great amount of bitterness (both towards myself and towards other students who were not hindered by family needs). Then when I developed severe health problems and my doctors wouldn’t spend the time to figure out what was wrong, I couldn’t go on, and although I was able to finish my degree, I could not bring myself to work in my field. In the end that didn’t matter because I got worse, near death, before my problem was properly diagnosed & it took years to fully heal. No one would have kept on an employee so sick anyway.
Private Member |
I think I am high intermediate or advanced with issues. I am not very good at strategizing. That’s why I am part of the Zgym. I always want to do everything. This extends to other things. I want to practice my spanish but I can’t seem to get a rhythm going. I’ve been able to get something going with my piano. In terms of my fitness, I think my self-limiting belief is that I am not strong enough. I can do more than I give myself credit for. Then I dread my work out when in fact I can do it even if I may need to scale it down a bit or develop the coordination. There are days when I don’t want to work out but I remind myself that my quality of life is important to me and I like being strong and fit even if I don’t feel it right at that moment.
Private Member |
Love this topic! I am at the advanced level of motivation, but there are areas of my life where I am a beginner or intermediate. There is a great book called “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield that is all about the inner resistance that every person experiences that aims keep you from doing your work. Its a good thing if you are aware of it, because if resistance throws the book at you to keep you from working, then you know it is something really important to do.
Resistance tends to tell me a story that it uses against me, because I have a strong negative association to it. When I used to work my first few jobs, and when I started your workouts, I would become exhausted and sleep for a really long time, and wake up sad. This still happens to me with some things, but in general, if it is something I am passionate about, I find a more efficeint method with time if I keep doing the thing and just deal with the exhaustion and depression. Being diabetic, the exhaustion tends to give me low blood sugars and a large appetite. I could not lose weight for a long time because of this, and almost anything I quit doing was because of the exhaustion. The difference is if it is something I am passionate about (like my body) or not (like a job dealing with people I hated.) I actually felt this same resistance today about a business I am launching. Resistance is as powerful as the fear we have of it, I think everyone should read this book, it has really helped me.
Looking forward to the post on discipline!
Private Member |
lethbridge, alberta, canada
I feel like I always go through a blah time in February (noticed it last year too) with very little motivation and like I want to hibernate. I am glad you mentioned “who” we work out for because I have noticed over the past couple of years how terribly grumpy/short/stressed I get when I haven’t worked out…like it is weighing on my mind and am frustrated if I am too busy to fit it in. Once I do it I feel so much more free and able to focus on my kids and whatever else needs to be done. Even today I was tired and stressed but did it at 10:30 pm because I just needed to. Thanks Zuzka 🙂
Private Member |
tulsa, ok
I absolutely loved this coffee talk! I loved the breakdown of the three levels. I consider myself advanced as far as motivation goes, so it’s hard for me to relate to someone who asks the question of how do you stay motivated, because it’s opposite in my mind. I love to sweat, feel good, eat good, and enjoy the physical challenges. On the otherhand, I’m very open minded to others who are not that way even though I may not understand the thought process, because I know all of our lives are different. It always seems like an easy answer to say to someone, “well, just do it.” Or “Eat right, and work out” but I know it’s not always that easy for some people. As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to understand the brain a lot more and I find it interesting. From trauma to anxiety, to depression…I hear it from not only my clients as a massage therapist, but from family and friends as well. And all though I pray I never have to experience either of those, I feel I have a more compassionate stance and view on it as well. So thank you, for taking the time to reach out to those of us who need the extra help. We all need help at some point in our lives and I believe we are here to lift one another up. That’s the one positive thing I have taken from social media and that is the community. There are real people on the other side of the screen and we can connect and help one another out through our words and hearts. Thank you so much for all you do on a regular basis Z. You have touched so many lives and we are all so grateful. This is wonderful insight!
Private Member |
seattle, washington
You should do a TED Talk.
Private Member |
Hi zuzka; mu name is kay, I´m from Venezuela. I think that I’m a intermedian level, i just started this year very motivated because i want to feel good we my self and have more energy for my one year old baby boy and feel hot for my husband hahahaha. I believe that they are my motivation every day. This is my second week of training program -no Equiment needed TOTAL BODY FITNESS PROGRAM- and i have trained every day without stoping even some days i have more time i do the weekly schedule a part of the training program, so i do to routine, i don’t know if its ok, but i feel with that motivation that i what to keep opsin weight and feeling great. Is it ok that in one day i do two workouts?.
Here in venezuela is going through a terrible situation, we can’t get all the necessary food to be able to have a healthy diet and those that are obtained are very expensive. I tray to eat healthy but some times is difficult. The situation in my country is the only thing that discourages me and make me sad.
Thank you so much zuzka. You are great .
Private Member |
lake tahoe, nv, usa
It’s ok to do two workouts a day here and there or for short period of time, but not consistently. It can create too much stress in your body and increase your cortisol levels which can cause unwanted weight gain. Besides that, it can also cause mood swings and get you demotivated. I’m sorry about the situation in your country. It is sad, but I hope you will stay strong and keep on the right track as much as you can.
Private Member |
Hi Zuzka,
Would the “two workouts” here and there rule apply to the Wednesday/Sunday days? If so, could we do any type of additional exercise? If so, what would be a good example of “short period of time/routines”? I only ask because I’m pretty sure I tend to over exert myself as well and want to try to focus more on strength and conditioning, not burn out! Any advice would be awesome 🙂 .
Best,
Katie
Private Member |
kyiv, ukraine
Kay, I wanted to encourage you on you way! I’ve been there. 18 years ago when I started trying to working out and eat somehow healthy there wasn’t somehow decent information, food, equipment. Then it stared to appear but for exorbitant prices. I had no support because my environment thought I was doing something stupid: we all are trying to get by and you are caring of you workouts and were to get celery steams. But this is the thing: if you live just for getting by you will never get out of this state. It is tremendously difficult and can’t be done by clicking fingers. But this is the way to overcome it. Overcome by overcoming.
So I wish you stay determinant and wise in what you are doing. Keep your track!
Private Member |
Tory, thanks you for encourage me I really appreciate!!! have past already two months and I confess that stop for a time, because I felt exhausted for the work, my baby and the work of the house but I decided take up and continue. This workouts make me feel so much better and especially because i see results, with effort but results. Thanks you
Private Member |
gold coast, qld, australia
I’m back after taking a bit of a break, injury, illness, I needed to recover. But saying that I am totally starting from scratch all over again. I’m suffering from knee pain and lower back pain on a daily basis. Some stretching and yoga are working great for my back but I am so scared about what to do with my knees. Walking is about all I can muster, no squats, no lunges, no jumping, no running. It’s so depressing as these are the things I enjoy! Plus, the weight gain is really getting me down.