79 Reasons NOT to Workout Today

Here’s 79 reasons you definitely don’t wanna workout today…

1. Your dog ate your gym shoes

2. You don’t get good cell reception at the gym

3. American Idol, Honey Boo Boo, those Duck guys or some other lame show is on

4. You’re waiting for your workout partner. He hasn’t been returning your calls though—since 2010

5. You like the whole concept of weakness

6. You can’t find any cool workout outfits that fit you right

7. You like getting injured bending over picking up groceries

8. You’re visualizing your ideal body and the Law of Attraction is doing all the work for you

9. Workout? Sheeeet.

10. Your headphones broke and you can’t stand the shitty music they play at the gym

11. You don’t wanna do steroids… all those guys who workout do steroids

12. You wanna do steroids… you just don’t know where to get any. Do you know a guy?

13. It’s too hard

14. It takes too much time

15. Health isn’t all that important

16. It’s easier to lift the remote

17. Working out is overrated

18. You’d rather just take a pill

19. The gym is too crowded

20. Your gym is always empty… it’s so boring there

21. You like stress and lots of it

22. You’ll start tomorrow

23. There’s a Twilight marathon on today. Back-to-back Twilight bitches!

24. You let your workout program fall by the side lately, so you’re gonna ride it out a while

25. You went last week. You don’t wanna overtrain

26. Chicks don’t like guys who workout. They want guys with money

27. You’re a female and don’t wanna get huge like those female bodybuilders

28. Endorphins are addictive and you don’t wanna get hooked. All it takes is one workout. You’d rather be safe than sorry.

29. Only insecure people need to workout to overcompensate for their insecurities

30. God loves you just the way you are

31. You actually do plan on working out today. Right after you finish this beer.

32. You’re waiting for your pre-workout stack to arrive in the mail

33. You’re out of creatine

34. You don’t wanna get all tight and muscle bound

35. You heard it makes you grow hair on your hands

36. You don’t wanna get calluses

37. Your back hurts. Or your knee hurts. Or your big toe hurts. Or you got some other fucking boo-boo that you don’t wanna make worse by going to the gym

38. You saw a study on the news yesterday that working out is actually bad for you

39. You don’t have the time. But you got plenty of time to do some other dumb shit

40. You’re gonna try Weight Watchers first. Sally at work is getting really good results with it.

41. You’re in a relationship now so fuck it

42. It hurts too much

43. You’re waiting for New Years… 2015

44. You don’t live near a good gym

45. You worked out today! You did crunches at home. A whole 20 of ’em

46. You’re too old

47. Too young

48. Too fat

49. You don’t don’t wanna hurt yourself

50. You’d rather take a step away from your goals than take a step towards them

51. You have no goals

52. But it’s Saturday

53. It’s Sunday. The Lord said not to workout on Sundays. It was his off-day

54. Who needs to workout when you’re hung like I am? (You may have a point)

55. You’re waiting til’ you get your shit together (Hint: You never will)

56. You’re waiting til you get motivated (Another hint: You’ll be waiting forever)

57. You saw a website that said it’s better to just take green coffee extract,, or Acai extract, or blueberry testicle extract… or some other hokie supplement

58. You like yourself just the way you are thank you very much!

59. You’re waiting to get your diet in order

59. Guys who workout are fags

60. You’re waiting til you can afford supplements. You really like supplements

61. But you’re too tired to workout

62. You enjoy feeling like shit

63. You like to train outside. But it’s too hot, too cold, raining, snowing, there’s a tornado warning, or it’s too nice of a day out to be exercising… who works out on a perfect day like this?

64. You don’t know where to start (Try YouTube fucker, tons of free videos on there that’ll show you exactly what to do)

65. Exercise is bad for your joints

66. All the good machines at the gym are always taken

67. You workout on Mondays… and today ain’t fucking Monday

68. Your ex goes to the gym and you don’t wanna run into them

69. You’re too hungry to workout

70. You’re too full

71. You’re saving up for the lap-band surgery

72. You enjoy the skinny-fat look

73. Working out aggravates your shoulder… making it hard to masturbate

74. The wedding is over. Now it’s time to just sit on your ass

75. You’re gonna start… gonna eat fucking perfect too man… you’re gonna do everything right… gonna get RIPPED!… and you’re starting tomorrow… it’s gonna be soooo awesome

76. You’re not eating good right now so there’s no point in working out

77. But you don’t feel like working out right now

78. You’re waiting for your “No2 Explode” to kick in. You’ve been on it 3 months now but don’t think it’s kicked-in yet

79. You obviously haven’t read 41 Reasons to Train Today

And one more for good measure:

You can’t pull yourself away from ChrisMcCombs.net … it’s that fucking good!

Just go train already will ya?

Do what I do. Just tell yourself you’re just gonna do a few light sets. Within 10 minutes you’ll be hitting it hard. Works like a charm

If you’ve got any good excuses of your own, I’d love to hear em’ below

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