Why You Can't Make Yourself Work Out

Canine Handler Fitness Podcast · Aug 20, 2026 · 14m

You WANT to work out. You know you'll probably feel better afterward. So why can it still feel almost impossible to make yourself do it?

You might be calling it a motivation problem when the real problem started hours before your workout.

This week, a coaching call made me think differently about what "feeling motivated" actually feels like in the body. We talked about food, hydration, routine, decision fatigue, and what happens when you're asking an already-exhausted brain to make one more good decision.

And it led me to a question I think we should be asking much more often:

Instead of…