When I used to make cold calls selling magazine advertising, my strategy was: "Make the hardest call first." Getting the most difficult or unpleasant call out of the way first made the rest of the day seem like a breeze.
A similar principle can be used in the gym: "Do what you hate first." Whether it's abs, pull-ups, lunges, squats — by getting this out of the way, you build your confidence through the rest of your workout.
One of my clients shared a corollary to this point with me: "If it takes less than 10 minutes, just do it."
I admit, I tend to procrastinate annoying little tasks. Just looking around the room right now, I can see the following things that need to be done:
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1. Clean up the broken glass from the Madonna art that the dogs knocked over this morning.
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2. Take out the trash.
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3. Write thank you notes to Dawn and Jonathan.
I'll take the trash out first.