You are well aware of the great benefits of exercise and you want to experience all of them.  You always try to pep talk yourself into getting into the exercise habit but when the time comes for action, you find excuses to reset it for another day.  The best creams wouldn’t do as good a job of arresting the signs of ageing as exercise would.  Inactivity which leads to muscle atrophy and weight gain can actually speed up the ageing process.  If you have the sincere desire to exercise regularly but do not feel motivated enough to be moved into action, perhaps the following suggestions would finally get you moving:

1. Choose the exercise that works for you.  If you start on just any physical activity for the sake of getting a workout, you would, in all likelihood, only end up quitting.  You should find an activity that you enjoy so you wouldn’t have to push yourself into doing it every time.  A lot of people love jogging but you don’t necessarily have to feel the same way.  If taking nice long walks is more your cup of tea, then by all means, do it.  Of course you also have to make sure that you do it at a pace that would get your blood pumping otherwise you wouldn’t get any health and fitness benefit from it.
2. As an exerciser, make sure you get the equipment you need—good sports shoes, proper training equipment, a bottle of mineral water, and a portable audio player. 
3. Plan a fixed program and stick with it no matter what.
4. Make a list of enumerating the reasons why you should exercise.  Try to come up with as many reasons as you can.  The longer the list, the more reasons to keep exercising.
5. Find an exercise partner.  You can encourage and challenge each other.  Time goes by faster when you do your activities with a friend.  It also instills discipline if you know that you are accountable to somebody.  Cancelling a workout wouldn’t be that easy.
6. Reward yourself.  This is especially effective for beginner exercisers.  You can put aside a bit of money in a piggy bank each time you exercise and at the month, you can use it to purchase something you really like.

Breaking inertia is often the hardest part when it comes to starting on an exercise program.  This is especially true for people who have been sedentary for quite a while or have never been active at all.  Although admittedly it is not that easy, it can be done.  And believe it or not, just like any other habit, exercising can become something that your body needs and you will find ways not to skip a session.  The more you exercise, the less of a struggle it would be to get yourself to do it.  In the meantime, while you are at that stage where you have to drag yourself to do it, just focus on its benefits—a healthy, energetic and great looking body, a youthful appearance and glowing skin.