Do you find yourself constantly looking at the clock to find out how long you have been on the treadmill or doing any other exercise? It is extremely difficult to concentrate on the task at hand if you keep repeating ticktock, ticktock in your mind.
Here’s a piece of advice for you, hide all the clocks in and around your workout area. Keep a single timer or a clock that has a timer feature, then set it to the desired amount of time and forget about it. If you keep looking at the clock, 5 minutes will seem like 5 hours and the workout will become more and more tedious.
If you want to see the best result for any amount of time you spend working out, you have to concentrate on your form and your balance. The right motivation is to think how long you can workout at a strong pace rather than timing how long until you stop.
When I used to have a large wall mount clock in front of my treadmill, my twenty minute run seemed to take forever and I would always wait until the last minute or two to start upping the intensity, as if that would make up for my lackluster performance. It wasn’t until I had gotten rid of the clock that I actually started to not only concentrate on what I was doing, but I was also enjoying the workout.
Try this on your next workout and don’t abandon it on your first try because you didn’t like it. With time, you’ll get used to this and eventually you’ll feel much more energized on every workout. You have nothing to lose but the false sense of time and you will burn through calories much more efficiently with better form and balance.
