I have been trying to work out for about 3 yrs now, but I go about a month and get frustrated and quit. How do you guys who have been training for years and years, stay motivated when you might not see results for months and months.
As you can tell i wasn’t blessed with patience, are there any good supplements for beginners that would help me see results sooner so I can stay motived, I’m thinking creatine, Instone Forenza-T, or TRIBEX; what do you guys think?
First, you need a solid plan. Then you need to follow it long enough to see some consistency. Your plan should include nutrition and a lucid weight program.
I would suggest browsing through the Training and Nutrition articles here and find a plan to start with.
Nothing will motivate you more than results, and the prerequisite to results is quality work. You have the work, but it sounds like you lack the quality.
Do a lot of reading of articles on this site. Spend a week on it. Then, when you have become better educated, ask questions to help you refine your exercise and nutrition plans. Don’t over-analyze though. Pick something, get in the gym, and do it. But don’t keep switching it up, either. Pick something and stick with it long enough for it to work.
This might seem weird, but I am going to recommend that you read “Brother Iron, Sister Steel” by Dave Draper.
The workouts in the book are a bit outdated, but the reading will motivate you. Draper reminds us all the working out is a never ending journey, and success in weightlifting does not come overnight.
[quote]FratMuscle wrote:
I have been trying to work out for about 3 yrs now, but I go about a month and get frustrated and quit. How do you guys who have been training for years and years, stay motivated when you might not see results for months and months.
As you can tell i wasn’t blessed with patience, are there any good supplements for beginners that would help me see results sooner so I can stay motived, I’m thinking creatine, Instone Forenza-T, or TRIBEX; what do you guys think?[/quote]
First of all, if the information in your profile is correct, you’re 6’ 150lbs. You do not need any supplements like TRIBEX or Instone’s Forza T (which, FYI, you may wanna search for some posts by Bill Roberts and Cy Willson regarding 6-OXO, which is in Forza T). Even if you did use these supplements, I think you would probably be disappointed in that the results would not be what you are hoping for.
When I started lifting weights, I started with no knowledge and just picked some excersizes and did them, usually every other day. I was overweight, and gradually built up some muscle mass, though you really couldnt tell when I had clothes on (or off for that matter.)
At some point, I got tired of being fat, and started reading magazines and learning about proper eating. Within the summer, I lost almost all my fat and gained a considerable amount of muscle, even though I wasn’t doing half the things right. The important thing was that I was doing the main things right. I didn’t look incredible by any means, but I had brought my self esteem up a great deal.
Next, I wanted to get huge. Part of me still just wanted to look good nekkid or whatever, but I wanted to be big, and strong. Its just what I wanted to be. The attention from girls helps a great deal, but lifters who truly go far are the ones who work out for themselves, and take all the other perks they can get.
So in short, you’re gonna have to find your own motivation. Are you working out because you think you have to? If so, then it might not be right for you. You need to have the desire to work out, for one reason or another. Just wanting to look good, but having no real desire to put forth the effort to do so isn’t enough. It needs to be a deep-seeded desire that motivates you to look beyond the here and now in order to ensure progress down the road.
Keeping a positive attitude is important. You mentioned people who have stayed with it for years, how do you do it knowing results can be months and months away? Well, I don’t think thats the case. Define results. Physical changes are occurring all the time, but usually these are too subtle to notice quickly. However, its happening (assuming you’re eating and training to support this). But when I can go into the gym and do more reps with a weight that I used last week, then that’s results. When I can increase weight on a lift and crank out the same reps as last week, thats results.
I know this has turned into a long post, but you’ve got to find your own motivation, and you’ve got to be honest. You can get by for a while on “forcing” yourself, but that’ll run out after a while. The exception to this is when you start to see results. If you get your shit together and stop screwing around and force yourself to go, you’ll wake up one day and notice whats happening, notice some definition, rep out a weight you couldnt touch a few months back, and turn the head of a woman you pass.
Then you might be hooked.
Good luck dude.
As far as supplements go, it all depends on how much money you have and if you know how the eat.
I would reccommend:
Both Low-Carb and Classic Grow!
Surge
ZMA
Spend the rest on beef, chicken, fish, oats, potatoes, vegetables, eggs, rice.
Learn how to eat to hit numbers and just do it.
Yeah I agree with New Damage.Surge and Low-Carb Grow! are a must.ZMA is one of my faves. On the other hand before you spend even a penny on anything even Surge and Grow! I would make sure your getting to the gym,cause if you ain’t lifting they aren’t gong to do you any good.
As far as motivation goes…
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=533977&pageNo=0
This is my favorite non training article on the site. Other than that just search out different articles written by Shugs or TC.
You need protein powder and food, not lots of expensive supplements.
If you don’t enjoy weight training, give it up. Honestly. You have to enjoy the training itself and the process as much as the results, as you will have to train approximately 3x a week consistently for the rest of your life. For me, getting motivated for that is no problem. But I couldn’t imagine doing something I disliked or getting frustrated that I didn’t have the body of my dreams after a month.
Maybe weight training is not for you.