Addicted to exercising

Exercising addiction might not be a bad habit but understanding it more and knowing the reasons behind it will help you prevent this addiction from controlling your life and affecting other areas in it.

When exercising addiction really takes over someone it results in letting him sacrifice his time for the sake of exercising while ignoring lots of other important activities like socializing or even spending time with his wife.

As a general rule people spend more time doing something when they feel that didn’t get all what they want out of it.

Addiction and unmet needs

The workaholic who works for 12 hours each day is a person who didn’t achieve all of his career dreams yet and that’s why he spends more than the he is supposed to at work trying to make his dreams come true.

The popular guy who is addicted to socializing is actually a person who has unmet social needs that he didn’t fulfill yet even though he appears to be very popular.

Now back to exercising, most probably you got addicted to exercising because you didn’t achieve all of the goals you wanted to achieve through exercising. Maybe you want to grow bigger, you want to look better or maybe your six packs aren’t as the ones that were in your dreams.

Addiction and knowing your direction

The good news in here is that this kind of addiction is healthy because it’s the opposite of being Why do i lack motivation?).

If I were you I would focus on making my training much more effective so that I can still achieve the same results in less time. Get the help of a professional trainer or even use online videos and as soon as you feel satisfied with your progress your addiction will ease.

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