You see, this is a kind of motivation for ordinary people to take part in physical exercise. But of course, we can't expect every bodybuilder to persist in exercising for a long time by "pursuing the opposite sex".
1943 abraham maslow put forward the famous "hierarchy of needs" (hereinafter referred to as "hierarchy of needs"), whose basic idea is to divide people's needs from low to high into five levels: physiology, safety, socialization, respect and self-realization. When we are worried about "how to keep fit for a long time" and "what is the purpose of keeping fit", we might as well put all kinds of motives into Marlowe's hierarchy of needs theory to test, which may not be difficult to understand.
Physiological needs are the first level of the "demand theory", that is, the lowest level, such as the needs for food, water, sleep and basic health, which ensure that we can all survive.
Judging from the motivation of fitness, if a person is seriously ill, he will eventually recover and be discharged from hospital. But the doctor told him, "You should stick to proper physical exercise after discharge, otherwise the recurrence is likely to be life-threatening." What will A do next? He must have a strong motivation to start exercising honestly according to the doctor's advice, and he will work hard. This is often seen in life.
For a certain armor at this time, he will never say that he is busy and has no time to exercise. Why? Because fitness is the need to ensure basic health for him at this time, otherwise there may be life-threatening risks.
In the actual cases of successful bodybuilders, we will also find that many people are weak and sick at the beginning of fitness, and then recover through hard work. This is actually inseparable from their initial strong demand for basic health.
Obviously, it is unrealistic for everyone to think of going to the gym after a serious illness, and it is likely that they have missed the opportunity to recover.
For example, some women learn "wolf prevention", which is a kind of fighting skill to prevent male violence in an emergency. This motivation to exercise for safety needs is much weaker than "ensuring basic health". Many times, it is a temporary decision. For example, John Doe started to work the night shift and walked alone at night. This may prompt her to learn to prevent wolves, but if she changes her job or has a boyfriend to accompany her, this fitness motivation will drop rapidly.
General medical care (not "basic medical care" that affects survival) will also play a role in the level of safety demand. Nowadays, many people go to exercise because they are overweight or obese, and some of them feel the potential harm of obesity to health. For example, some people have fatty liver. Although they feel no pain, the risk of liver deterioration is rising. In order to eliminate this health hazard, they go to exercise. Similarly, when obesity is reduced or hidden dangers such as fatty liver are eliminated, fitness motivation will also be weakened, leading to long-term persistence.
For example, some of your friends or colleagues have successively applied for fitness cards, or have been running frequently recently, and then they have taken photos of running or fitness in their circle of friends, or they have shown their good figure. This will stimulate many people's desire to exercise, because "I want that, too." If you need to go to the gym because of this social interaction, you will probably give up exercising soon. Because of the hard work of exercise, you will soon dilute your yearning for a better figure.
Some people think that going to the gym can make more friends, and some people want to make some friends in the online running community even if they run by themselves. In this case, making more friends will help to form a better sports atmosphere and effectively improve the efficiency and level of fitness, but it is hard to say whether the exerciser can persist for a long time!
This level of needs includes respect (respect for others and being respected by others), achievement and so on. If a bodybuilder can form such a strong fitness motivation, the chances of persisting in fitness and success in fitness will greatly increase.
Yuhang Army once had a female fitness partner. At first, she was a standard fat girl. At first, she came to lose weight. Later, she became more and more interested in fitness and gradually established the ideal of "being a decent muscular woman". Later, I heard that she was going to participate in a fitness competition in a certain area under the guidance of her coach. Judging from the photos she later posted in the circle of friends, the image of this muscular woman has not achieved much.
In fact, most successful dieters will have such an experience: when you lose weight successfully, becoming healthy and comfortable is only one aspect of forming happiness, and the praise, envy and recognition of others will give exercisers a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
Take running for example. Many people just want to lose weight at first. Many men go to the gym at first, just to look stronger. When the exercisers' fitness level reaches a higher or close to the professional level, they often hope to become more professional and be competent for all the problems in the process of fitness, including helping others.
As a result, some people began to participate in bodybuilding competitions, and the level of competition may be higher and higher. Some people may take a professional certificate in fitness or participate in professional training. Many runners began to take part in marathons to win medals and try to refresh their best results.
From the above analysis, if people's motivation to participate in sports can be at the first level (physiological needs), the fourth level (respecting needs) and the fifth level (self-realization), the motivation for fitness will be greater, and it will be easier to achieve good fitness results, which will help them persist for a long time.
However, people's fitness needs and motivations are complex, and we can't mechanically and separately classify the current fitness needs into which level. Specific needs are also dynamic and developing.
For example, a B is frail and sickly, and he works hard to keep fit after discharge, just to make himself healthier (health needs). And he doesn't want people around him to look at him with strange or sympathetic eyes. He wants to be a strong man (social needs, respect for needs). Later, his training became better and better, so he got the certificate of fitness instructor, participated in many fitness competitions, and ranked better (self-realization).
Therefore, one of the effective ways to solve the problems of "how to keep fit for a long time" and "what is the purpose of keeping fit" is to constantly and timely upgrade the demand level of fitness, instead of always standing still. So, I want to ask you now: What is your motivation for fitness now, and what is your next goal?