I could possibly be out of shape and I have no motivation?

[Anonymous]

I started working out almost two years ago and I am still kind of small, and I have gotten stronger, but no where near where I wanted to be. Over the summer I played plenty of basketball, worked out, and hiked. I felt great, although I thought I was out of shape.

Since school started, I have not had the time to do this, and I have felt a little run down lately. I still work out, but I have no motivation anymore and most of my work outs suck. I still have always been fast and I run a mile every once in a while, but I have noticed difference.

I don't know, I feel like not working out anymore, and I want to be big and strong and push it, but I have no motivation. I am thinking about just taking some time off, but then I will feel even worse. It is not like I feel totally crappy, but not as good as I used to.

I just want to know if I am still out of shape or if I ever. I remember I hiked up the tallest mountain in the state over the summer. My diet is alright, although I cannot resist pizza once a week. I have also noticed my stomach getting just a tad, like .001% flabbier.

What should I do?

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I have been doing intense ab exercises three times a week yet I only have a six pack when I flex. I also never get injured when we play tackle football.

[Anonymous]

Trust me you have time add up all the time your on facebook and watching tv, I bet you can find at least 3hours just from that and workouts only take about an hour. Your also starting to feel bad because your body becomes addicted to working out. You formed a routine of doing most likely and your body misses that same thing if your a smoker. It OK to eat junk food once and a while too. Also you could do an intense workout for your abs everyday, your abs could be so hard you could crush rocks into dust by flexing them. None of that matters if you have fat on top of them. Men carry there fat around their stomach, so it could be covering them up also some people lack the genes in order to actually get their abs to show.

[KERMlT]

Well you have to realize what type of figure you have. For myself, I have a medium frame but I am stronger than I appear. I will never get ripped, the most I will ever get is toned. Think of it like the difference between Bruce Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger. One was toned, the other was ripped. Accept what you have and build from that.

[muzeasd]

Hmmmm.....good suggestion.

[fheges]

I disagree I have seen guys with smaller frames who are ripped at my gym the thing is some people have better muscles because of dna alone. also arnold used steroids that's the only reason he was able to gain and maintain his size.

[KERMlT]

Obviously you didn't get my post. I didn't say anything about a small framed person not being able to be ripped. Figure is part DNA and body structure.

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend used to run quite a lot but since he started working a full day he just couldn't be bothered to keep up his fitness because he was too tired. Now he does krav (some sort of martial arts that they use in the Isreali army) for an hour twice a week and he loves it. Its only 2 hours a week but he has a load of fun and you can definitely notice the difference apperance wise.

If I was you I would join a local club of some sort, something that you will enjoy that way it won't take too much effort to motivate yourself and you'll soon buff up. x