Transcript: The Night-Before Gym Trick That Ended My Morning Excuses | Workout Consistency Hack
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Ashley reflects on how not having gym clothes and recovery drinks ready the night before makes mornings hectic, and how small inconveniences can become the reason someone skips a workout entirely.
Welcome to More Movement, Please. This is famous Ashley Grant. And today I want to talk about the importance of preparing to go to the gym the night before. Now, I know this is standard advice that people give all the time. But now that I'm actually in the thick of things and going to the gym more regularly, I see just how important it is. The days that I don't have my clothes ready and my recovery drinks already in the fridge and everything ready to go. are the most hectic mornings of ever. And I can see how when someone is trying to get themselves motivated to go work out, the slightest inconvenience can just make you throw in the towel and say, you know what, screw it. I'm not going today.
I'll go another day. But if you put just a little bit of planning in, it's so worth it. And I'm the type of person that I don't really like to plan ahead. have fought against that as long as I can remember. But the truth is, I have had no choice but to start doing that. I plan a lot, like more than I ever have in my whole life. I put every single exercise that I plan to do for the week into the calendar. And I do my best the night before to make sure everything I need for the gym days is ready to go. For example, this morning, It's been a very hectic morning because I could not find the shirt that I wanted to wear to the gym because I've learned that there are certain outfits that I can't really wear anymore without feeling constricted and having difficulty with my workouts. So it...
light bulb moment, right? As soon as I was looking for this shirt, I was getting upset with myself, realizing that I should have already had it ready to go. And so it just kind of reinforced the importance of it to me. Now, grant you, the difference here is I've been doing this more than 100 days. And so I'm already motivated, already wanting to go to the go to the gym, regardless of whether or not I had all my things together. But when you're looking for those reasons to, oh, I can just wait until next time, or we'll just do it another day. the slightest inconvenience can totally screw you up. So if you're considering starting to work out and you want to start tomorrow, tonight, before you go to bed, make sure all the things you need to work out tomorrow are ready to go. And make sure you put it into your calendar to plan this date with yourself, this important appointment that you need to keep so
Ashley describes a specific morning where she couldn't find the right gym shirt — a shirt she needs because certain outfits restrict her movement — and how that frustration reminded her why she started planning ahead in the first place.
you can start taking better care of your health. So hopefully this tip helps someone and I hope that you will start working out if you haven't already. I wish you the absolute best. So onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out today?
Ashley notes that past 100 days of consistency she's already motivated regardless of preparation, but points out that early on, any excuse — a missing shirt, an unready bag — is enough to make someone say 'I'll just go another day.'
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