This is the most important thing that you need to do before you pick up that dumbbell. As a beginner, the first few days or weeks of working out will be fun and amazing. A few months later, you might begin to see some progress but with time, you will hit a point where it feels like you aren’t progressing anymore. At this point, you would need some motivation to be able to carry-on further with the workout, and without this motivation, you would most likely quit. 

Well ladies and gentlemen, once you figure out your why, it will serve as the motivation that you will need when you get to that point where you feel like you want to quit. Ask yourself why you really want to workout and get a deeper answer to that. For instance, “because I want to look good in the beach” is a common reason for almost everyone that works out. 

You’d have to dig deeper and find the real reason that is meaningful enough to you to keep your head on the goal during dark times. For me, my “why” was that I did not like the way I looked when I was younger and it always made me unhappy. Also, I wanted to feel a lot more confident in my self and improve my self-esteem.