Get your kit on

Sometimes, the hardest part of a workout is getting out the door in the first place. Once that step is overcome it almost always goes better than expected. One trick if you are feeling particularly un-motivated is to simply get your kit on. Just commit to pulling on those run tights, suiting up in your bike shorts and leg warmers, pulling out your favourite visor. The simple act of getting dressed for your activity can prime you up just enough to get out the door. Besides, you feel like a goof sitting around in your run kit, and since you have it on… It works well for those super early morning swims too (you know, those ones where the gravitational pull of the warm bed, and perhaps your still sleeping partner is enormous!). Put your swim suit on right when you first get up. It makes it much harder to crawl back in bed. In the winter, when both before and after work training all seem to happen in the dark, the “I can’t find my lights” excuse can be powerful procrastination. Put reflective gear, bike lights, head lamp for running etc. in a bin by the door so you have no excuses!