Repeat your special phrase a few times, or hum a refrain from your favorite song. In essence, it's just another form of mental discipline that will help you to start and finish your workout. Instead of losing heart, try to view that hill as a challenge you want to meet. Take a deep breath and pick-up your pace. Stay focused on the goal of completing the exercise and give yourself a hand when you do.
Longer workouts are particularly likely to bring on a sense of fatigue.
Suddenly, you may feel as if you've got to stop and rest. Most likely, it's mind, not body, fatigue. After a while of training your brain to recognize the difference between true physical fatigue and mental fatigue, you'll know when you can keep going and when you have to stop to rest. Between a busy job and caring for her sick mother, Maria Olsen had no time to exercise or eat right. She made working our a priority, replaced junk food with healthier fare and shed 44 pounds.