Finding an appropriate training program is a great challenge, if you do it yourself. You will need time, patience and much experimentation to come to the final solution that will give you the results you want.
If you believe that the work you are putting in does not give the desired outcome, make sure you correct one of these 3 mistakes.
1. You measure the success of your workout by the pain you feel
Although it’s a rather unpleasant experience, we’ve learned to perceive muscle pain as a sign that we had good training. And this is somewhat true, but it’s not a solid rule that should lead you.
If you feel pain it does not mean that you have given the best of yourself or the other way around – if you do not feel pain it does not mean that you have had poor training.
You can measure the progress in many other ways – the weights that you exercise with, the number of series, repetitions, the time you need to recover between the series, the form of exercises, the volume of certain parts of the body to which you want to see a change etc.
Do not force the body to pain every time. Of course, you need to move the boundaries of your training program to make progress, but pain should not be the basic measure of success.
2. There is no room for recovery in your training program
“If you do not see progress, just boost your workout” – I believe that you have come across this advice so far. To increase the volume of training (series and repetitions), its intensity, to cut breaks between the series or exercise more often is not a smart thing to do.
Changes in the training program work and produce results, only under one condition – if you allow the body to recover.
Recovery is more important than the volume of training. That is, the more intensive your training the more you need to focus on recovery. No matter how strong you feel, if you do not look out for the diet, when and how many hours you sleep, you will not see particularly good results.
Even when your pre-workout convinces you that you can continue with this pace, it’s just a matter of time before your body shows you the opposite.
3. You create a training program according to the advice of famous people
Today we are flooded with tips based on training programs from famous fitness models, actors, athletes. From the results you see on them it is logical to conclude that they are functioning.
But fitness mathematics is not that simple. Many factors – gender, age, body structure, diet, habits, lifestyle – participate in the equation for success.
If you do not consult with a trainer who knows how to fit all of these factors, you will need time for research and testing to build a training program that will give you results.
Read, consult yourself, but do not take the specific guidelines as final for you. Measure the results of each new experiment you will include in your workout and listen to the signs that your body provides.
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