How to Be Your Own Trainer

Your Goal: Develop Comebacks to Your Best Excuses

You're pretty good about sticking to a fitness plan, but there are those days when you'd really love a kick in the sweatpants. Need a good reason to work out today? Here are Bob Greene's Top 10 excuse-busters, including the obvious (you want to look better) as well as the ones you often forget about (you love your kids, you don't sleep well). Print these out and tape them to the inside of your closet—it's the next best thing to having Bob on speed dial.

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