What exactly do you have to do to make sure you are training yourself in place and still get the body you want? Here are 7 things you may have to master.
1. Eat, hydrate and rest
everything you do after training is in preparation for the next session. The food you eat, the supplements you take and the water you drink will all affect muscle recovery and your next performance. Illness, not eating enough, not hydrating enough and other stressors can make your training mediocre, just like roadblocks.
stick to the three things - proper nutrition, rest and hydration - and you're halfway to a successful workout. Leave any one of these out and fitness will be a struggle.
2. Set specific goals
walking into the gym without a clear goal is not a sign of a successful workout. How can you train hard if you don't know why you're training? Success requires more thought than just telling yourself to go to the gym and do some repetitive movements.
next time, before you go to the gym, sit in a quiet place and think about what you really want to get out of your workout. Do you want to gain weight? Or maybe you're not happy with the size of your arms or legs. How much do you want them to increase in size? Set a short-term goal.
The key is to have a very clear goal of what your training goal is and when you will reach it. Having a strong sense of purpose will drive you forward when stuck in a bottleneck. With a specific goal in mind, you can train with passion.
3. Start preparing well in advance of training
if you are procrastinating throughout your training, you can improve this by taking a pre-training supplement. Pre-training supplements will not only increase your body's energy levels, but will also enhance mental focus and muscle pumping.
most pre-training supplements are designed to give you energy that lasts 60-90 minutes. Drink your supplements 30 minutes before the start of your training and be in peak intensity until you finish.
4. Have a training partner
it's not easy to stay motivated and get 100 per cent commitment to every movement. We all understand slacking off, slacking off, making excuses as to why we didn't do as much weight as we should have, or why we ended the movement with a few reps left.
find a training partner who can even act as an opponent and work harder in your training, your pride and self-esteem will most likely not make you want to lose to someone else. If you know you can do 10 reps of a 100kg bench press by forcing yourself, you are less likely to finish at 5-6 reps when your partner is watching you.
5. Change your training equipment
when you look good on the outside, you'll feel good on the inside too. Think about how it feels to go to training in a tattered t-shirt. Going to a dinner party in a dressy outfit will make you feel more confident. The same principle applies to your dress code at the gym.
wear a sweatshirt, sweatpants, or a sports t-shirt vest and trainers. This may sound ridiculous, but study after study has shown that dressing affects your training performance.
6. Choose the right music to train to
music has a powerful and effective way of influencing your mood, making yourself happy, sad, angry, or wanting to get up and dance, as well as making you want to train.
create your own playlist of songs to get your brain to switch into training mode. It can be rap, heavy metal, rock, or whatever suits you. Don't care what other people think of you, find the right music to help you through your workout.
7. Even enter fitness competitions
no matter what stage of fitness you are in right now, you can't help but get excited when you see many of your partners training hard and controlling their diets, trying to show off their biggest and most contoured physiques.
check out a bodybuilding competition or even enter one and every time you go, i'm sure you'll get that electric feeling of wanting to run to the gym and rip your muscles out! After watching the muscles displayed by the bodybuilders on stage, for at least a week, you have no choice but to do a high stage workout.
with the 7 things above getting attention, effective and full training becomes the inevitable result of performing a workout.
