If the thought of getting on the treadmill AGAIN makes you cringe, try these fun tips for staying motivated during your workouts. They keep your mind moving forward even when you’re walking in place.

• Find something interesting to listen to like podcasts, foreign language CDs or a book on tape. Audible.com has lots of good stuff to download to your iPod.
• Compile a 30 minute mix of dance or techno music that starts and ends with a song with slower beat for your warm up and cool down, and crank everthing in between with pumping beats that you can fall in step with and will keep you at your target heart rate.
• Time your workout with your favorite TV show so you know your mind will be occupied and entertained.
• Tune to a TV show that caters to short attention spans. The News or Hollywood gossip shows are great for this because there’s a new topic to distract you every 15 seconds.
• Mute a cheap TV show and play dance music instead. I like to do this with shows that I’d never understand anyway like Spanish soap operas (because I don’t speak Spanish), or TV shows like “Cops”, “Cheaters” or “The Steve Wilcos Show”. You’ll be amazed how you can still glean what’s going on and playing music will keep your pace up!
• Watch a movie. It can span one long workout or several smaller ones and give you something to look forward to.
• Watch a Musical or Workout show. Seeing other healthy bodies in motion will keep you focused and keep your body moving! Movies like “Chicago” and “Moulin Rouge” have great soundtracks and constant changes in scenery and anything on FitTV will make you strive for better glutes.