But I did. These guys have been a great help and encouragement through some tough times for me and they probably don't even realize it. - Pagangoddess
1) If you are looking at other people lifting you've no doubt noticed a ton of poor form, half-reps, and people doing some "exercises" they must have gotten off of the training scenes in the old Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling cartoon from the '80s.
That motivates me because I'm happy that I was able to dig deep enough through the piles and piles of BS and cared enough about making sure I am doing things correctly that I have an idea what I'm doing in the gym.2) Have a pretend gym enemy. This sounds funny, but in every gym there's always someone whose shirt/shoes/doo-rag/whatever you don't like. There's a guy like that in my gym. Nice guy, I have absolutely nothing against him. I have never been and will never be rude to the guy and always extend him every courtesy I would extend anyone else in the gym. I've never had many interactions with him, but the ones I have have all been positive. Maybe I'll even become friends with the guy at some point. Nonetheless I decided he's my little gym enemy. Whenever I see that guy I get a little extra motivation. He's like my adrenaline/pumped-up trigger. Even if I'm tired after a set of squats if he walks by I am ready to squat in less time than if I hadn't seen him. I saw him out one time at a bar and immediately felt like lifting.
