Motivation acts as an internal push toward goals and often requires an implementation intention, an internal decision to change life patterns. Simple, routine actions can follow from straightforward decisions, while larger changes require planning and commitment. Exercise frequently resists motivation: roughly 20 percent of Americans meet recommended activity levels, while many face environmental, economic, temporal, and literacy barriers. Human tendencies favor avoiding harm and discomfort, which makes exercise—an activity that can involve effort and discomfort—less appealing. Recognizing and valuing the effort, and planning for manageable discomfort, supports habit formation and more consistent exercise behavior.
Motivation has been defined as an internal push to accomplish a goal. It even seems similar to the word "move," although "move" can simply mean doing something, like advancing a chess piece. Digging deeper, instigating your motivation involves "implementation intention," or a kind of internal decision that you want to change your life in some way. It may seem like you should be able to decide to do something... and voila!.
Exercise can be a thorny issue. Statistics tell us that only 20 percent of Americans are reaching the recommended amount on a regular basis. That means that 80 percent of us are having trouble getting motivated. There are lots of mitigating factors, of course. There are unfriendly exercise environments. There are complicated lives. There can be a lack of economic resources. There can even be low levels of health literacy. These are problems in themselves.
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