You need little rewards.
There’s a spreadsheet I follow at each gym session that tells me what I lifted last time and I what I want to lift this time.
It worked fine and then I discovered you can change the colours of the boxes…
So now every time I lift slightly more than last week or increase my reps, I get to change the colour of the box GREEN!
Now when I go into the spreadsheet at the gym, I see green boxes dotted all over the place.
This little visual reward seems to give me the boost I need in those moments.
You need little rewards.