Are You Trying To Get Back In Shape?

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Are You Trying To Get Back In Shape?

If you have taken a time-out from your fitness program it is challenging to get motivated to start back into your training regimen all over again. What you have to do is set some practical achievable "written"resolutions to help push you along.

The reason I say "written" is because if you do not write your resolutions down your goals are just wishes. Studies have confirmed over and over again that writing your goals down is very powerful.

Let's take a look at some sample scenarios. If you intend to get back into running, walk as much as possible to begin with. Depending on your intensity of work out you might only begin with only fifteen or twenty minutes. If you have some level of fitness begin with a half hour and step by step intensify it.

Once you have been walking briskly for a few weeks you can ease back into running by alternating walking and running. Walk briskly for just ten minutes and jog for five and so forth. As your fitness level increases and your soreness decreases you should increase the running until you jogging once again for a minimum of 30 minutes without stopping.

If you have been involved in weight training in your past and have taken a time-out of more than a couple of months you really need to take it slow coming back.

When you are lifting weights, if you push yourself too hard too early you may possibly wind up damaging supporting tendons and ligaments. The answer is to not to hurry in attempting to use the same weights you were using and do less sets.

What I do following a long hiatus is to go to the fitness center and work out on the motionless bike for 15-2o minutes first for a warm-up. Subsequently, I can choose only one specific body part each day day to exercise. If you are an elderly person or you have a large frame you might want to stay on this kind of exercise program even following your initial break-in period.

Let's take a look at working the upper body for instance. If I was able to bench press 300 pounds before I took a break I will start my first work out with 135 pounds and do 3 or 4 sets of high reps in the 15-20 range. Fine-tune your weights to match your preferences. Then I may do 3 sets of flat dumbbell flyes another time with more reps so as not to put too much stress on my tendons and ligaments.

Follow these same strategies for all body parts and increase the weights and repetitions little by little and inside a month you will be right back to hard weight training once more and moving towards your goals - reducing your body fat and learning how to get a six pack.