If
you are planning to get in shape just for a specific season, you will
probably fail, It takes time, not only few weeks of exhausting work
and dieting is hard to maintain, but it can impact your overall
health.
The
best options for toning your muscles involve some resistance
training, which should be a major part of your exercise to get in
shape. This includes getting free weights or a home gym in order to
work out your upper and lower bodies.
You should also use resistance
training on your abdominal muscles (core), to prevent any joints or
spin injury, your core must stay at its highest performance while
losing weight.
1.START SLOWLY
Don't
go full metal jacket from the first day, I've seen this happen far
too many times with friends and clients who think they have to bust
their butt at the gym from the start to get results. What typically
happens is they exhaust their bodies and wind up in a 7 days recovery
period after just one workout.
2.MAINTAIN AND TRAIN EVEN WHEN THERE IS RAIN
Whatever
your mind state is, never skip a workout, saying that, you don't have
to hit the gym , your everyday. Rest is very crucial, your body
actually stores more fat when it's exhausted, so never train above
your capacity.
It's
important to maintain the training habits you created during summer
through the colder months too.
So if you planned on going for an
early morning run you
might like to sign up to a gym just
for the winter months so you can continue to train if it's cold and
raining outside.
3.MAKE A PLAN
Planning
is the key stone for any fitness quest. If
you fail to plan, you plan to fail. It's that simple. Don't
go rogue and try to starve yourself and workout 3 hours everyday.
Make a progressive plan regarding your dieting and training. Progress
is what will make your body react safely avoiding all kinds of health
problems.
4.HAVE A CONTEST
Having a workout buddy can be very
helpful. Nobody wants to look as a quitter, so you will motivate each
other. It can be very boring sometimes to workout alone, also while
progressing, a workout partner will spot you and make you run that
extra mile.
Another
thing you can do, is that each time you lose a pound you can reward
yourself, or have an ultimate bigger reward after you lose 30 pounds
for example.
And
for your workout buddy, you can put a bet on who gonna lose 10 pounds
first for example.
5.MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS
This
will help you make sure that you’re staying on track and you can
check in using body composition measurements (e.g. waist, thighs,
hips, etc.), photographs, the scale, or a combination of any of these
tracking methods.
Don't believe what the others say, only believe
the measurement and the pictures that you will be taking each week
with the same potion, lighting,etc.
6.MOVE MORE EVERY DAY
Its
all about becoming stronger, the more strength you will accumulate
the more activities you will endure. Hence more fat will be used as
fuel and lose weight.
7.DON'T FORGET STRENGTH TRAINING
You
can definitely lose weight with cardio exercise alone, But
strength training take less time and burn more energy.
Squats and
Deadlifts for example not only make you stronger and healthy, but
they will make you burn fat a lot faster.
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