I've been feeling down over the past few weeks and unable to stay motivated. I am finding it difficult to do any training and stay on a strict regime. I was just wondering if you guys could help motivate me with songs, quotes, poems ANYTHING at all.

Same here man, I'm feeling pissed off and I'm not getting much sleep so my training is suffering. You are not alone buddy!

If you are training for a fight just remember that you are going to die unless you train hard - that should sort you out, not only because it's motivating but also because it's true!

And watch this little rocky montage;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJd1S-uyls

The music helps get you fired up!

Thanks man. That is a great video.

" Always remember that you are your best advocate and you and you alone will take you on the most powerful ride of your life."

" Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?"

" People says you can't but you know you can; let the fear inside you turn into great motivation."

" With a positive attitude, thoughts are toward trying again. Therefore, failure does not exist."

" Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

" Feed your faith until your doubts starve to death."

" The greatness comes not when things always go good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."

" Fanatic consistency has in it the assurance of success. If good, the world remembers you with awe and respect. If bad, the world remembers you with disdain and disgust. Choice is yours."

I'm liking them quotes Azza.

same ere they make alot of sense ;)

What songs/tunes inspire you guys?

any music keeps me motivated really,i listen 2 really bouncey house music so its always upliftin lol

I listen 2 house music sometimes. Do u listen to azza mc n finchy?

lol i am azza mc,n yeh finchys quite good

lol i am azza mc,n yeh finchys quite good


Naa no way lol :D

I thought your name was that because you liked him or summat. That is ****in cool. You got msn?

yeh mate pm me

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I will do...

" Always remember that you are your best advocate and you and you alone will take you on the most powerful ride of your life."

" Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?"

" People says you can't but you know you can; let the fear inside you turn into great motivation."

" With a positive attitude, thoughts are toward trying again. Therefore, failure does not exist."

" Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

" Feed your faith until your doubts starve to death."

" The greatness comes not when things always go good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."

" Fanatic consistency has in it the assurance of success. If good, the world remembers you with awe and respect. If bad, the world remembers you with disdain and disgust. Choice is yours."

Good stuff.

i gotta say them are some good motivation words

" Feed your faith until your doubts starve to death."

" People says you can't but you know you can; let the fear inside you turn into great motivation."

i love thos two quotes

You need to surround yourself with motivational friends who enjoy the same things you do....

One thing that always motivates me is to think of why you started boxing training. That always hits me right on the head and motivates me again.

I am new here and I gotta say good words

Never give up. If you're going to fail, you might as well fail having tried your best at something...

boxers with heart insprire me....i liek watching the beyond the glory of oscer, jones jr and hopkins..the music on ther jus boosts me...also the contender theme tunes jus amps me up

i liek songs liek

2pac- holla at me
roy jones - cnt b touched...

jus high hip hop tunes that amp me up

ppl who motivate me r

richard pryor
bruce lee
roy jones
b-hop
oscer dela hoya
sugar ray leonard
micheal jordan
kobe bryant
2pac

I get really motivated listening to Eye Of The Tiger, and some heavy metal like Battery by Metallica, which is really energetic and good for adrenaline

i usually use music to get me fired up.
remember that if the trainin is for an upcomin fight that your gona give him hell in the ring.
train as if each session is your last.
when you see the results of pushin yourself to train when dont have the motivation to itl help you next time you train to push yourself even further.

Same here man, I'm feeling pissed off and I'm not getting much sleep so my training is suffering. You are not alone buddy!

If you are training for a fight just remember that you are going to die unless you train hard - that should sort you out, not only because it's motivating but also because it's true!

And watch this little rocky montage;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJd1S-uyls

The music helps get you fired up!


Does anybody know the name of the song by any chance?

Does anybody know the name of the song by any chance?

The one on the rocky montage is going the distance I think, or on the first disk I thinks it's the final bell.

Theres this show called fighting spirit that i really like and kinda gets me motivated but its anime so most people wouldn't bother

Champion by Brother Ali is the best workout song ever.

are you sure you are not overtraining?

What???......

What???......

his response is to the first comment in the thread.

theres thousands of songs that do it for me..

i like the quote 'if u fight u either win or you lose, if you dont fight you've already lost'

i find u can apply it to everything that takes effort in life.

In one of the Solo Training books by Loren Christensen, he describes a poster which inspires him from when he was a police officer. It's aimed at prison guards and shows some huge, mean looking biker type lifting weights in the prison gym and has the saying, "Missed a workout? He hasn't."
While I don't work as a prison guard, I do think about that poster when I'm feeling lazy and it has the effect of pushing me a little harder in my workouts.

Just finished working out with the Hopkins-Tarver fight in the background and made me push a little harder. That performance by Hopkins definitely inspires me.

Bump.

Feeling it again :nonono:

No. You have to enjoy what you are doing, or sign up for "American Idol"....

watch gatti fights or pacman fights, listen to hardcore music like throwdown or hatebreed

Always remind yourself why you're doing it. If it was enough to get you started, it's enough to keep you goin'. If not, then maybe boxing's just not really for you. Personally sometimes I really have a hard time draggin' my ass to the gym. But treat it like when you get knocked down, you just force yourself to get up, and keep on goin'. Just remember why it is you do what you do, remind yourself of that constantly. Especially if you're trainin' for a fight, good luck man, don't beat yourself up before you even get in the ring.

Peace

Trick

I feel great now and am getting in shape pretty fast :fing02:

You can say I suffer from a bit moody/manic episodes from time to time and now is one of them.

Trying to train for a fight in a few weeks and the god damn blues have got me right now. Don't know where it comes from but when it shows up, it shows up hardcore. Im waging a raging battle within myself so when I fight another person its like a double team. I'm trying to spark back up my brain and heart but other circumstances inside are making it very difficult.

Hope this **** shakes off soon or I aint gonna have the desire.

"stop thinking about where you've already been or else things tend to repeat themselves, instead think of where you'd like to see yourself. Think of this everyday and things will change"

You shouldn't need any motivation or inspiration. You should always be inspired to be the best - and that includes everything in your life. Success amounts to what you put into it.

Funny thing to hear from the "Raging Bull", who never had this problem. Think of yourself as an old man, past your prime, with no accomplishments.....

I have problems draggin myself to my workouts. Once Im there I love it though. My worse problem is my diet. My eating habits dropped to an alltime low this summer, and its hard to stay on a deit. Very frustrating.

My only motivation problem is pushing myself extra hard when I have to do long, tedious roadwork. I have no problem with diet as I used to be a fatass and thinking of eating crap makes me think to those days and I'm back in order quickfast. I also have no real problem with HIIT as I'm sorta used to it from football.

Funny thing to hear from the "Raging Bull", who never had this problem. Think of yourself as an old man, past your prime, with no accomplishments.....

Haha When I feel good and I'm boxing well, I feel like a Raging Bull, but sometimes I just get down. Doesn't everyone?

I always think back to people who rejected me if its a job a girl or someone who thought they were better then you that gets me motivated to go out there and train hard!!

I always think back to people who rejected me if its a job a girl or someone who thought they were better then you that gets me motivated to go out there and train hard!!

I do that sometimes. Also if someone pisses me off, I use the anger to go and train harder.

What songs/tunes inspire you guys?

when i run or lift

survivor- eye of the tiger
metallica- enter sandman
ll cool j- mama said knock you out
james brown- night train
ice cube- wicked


and i listen to cavalleria rusticana when i'm in the steam room. it makes me think of the great movie that's your screen name. night train makes me think of sonny liston.

i should listen to that when i skip rope.

when i run or lift

survivor- eye of the tiger
metallica- enter sandman
ll cool j- mama said knock you out
james brown- night train
ice cube- wicked


and i listen to cavalleria rusticana when i'm in the steam room. it makes me think of the great movie that's your screen name. night train makes me think of sonny liston.

i should listen to that when i skip rope.

I absolutely love the theme music from Raging Bull, and have it on my workout playlist on my Ipod.

I'm gonna download Night Train now. Thanks.