Reasons Why You Should Only Work Out 3-4 Times A Week
A lot of people start a workout program and put there all in to it straight away, they are motivated and fired up which is great. A crucial part they forget though is taking a break, they will wake up in the morning, do an insane amount of press-ups, sit-ups, crunches and whatever else they have decided to include in there program, go to work, off out for the day, then do all these workouts again before they go to bed at night.
While this is incredibly good for you, you should NOT do it every day.
After a few weeks maybe a month tops of doing this EVERY day, you will begin to feel weak, probably pretty sick and be aching all over.
After an intense workout, the body needs time to repair, develop and strengthen your muscles, This process usually takes 24-48hours to complete fully. If you don’t give your body a chance to regenerate, all you will be doing is killing your muscles slowly, and stopping the regeneration and building process from happening.
When you are actually working out, you’re doing very little to your muscles other than using them to their current limit, each time maybe pushing a bit further, doing a few more reps. It’s only after the workout does something start to happen, assuming you push a bit harder every time you work out, your body will be adapting and developing to cope with this new level ‘stress’ or fitness.
That is why you shouldn’t workout EVERY single day, After you’ve finished an intense workout your immune system is weakened slightly as well, hence where the weakness and sickness comes from if your working out every day.
Probably the SINGLE most important part of your workout routine and goals, the thing that’s going to give you the motivation and kick to get you the perfect body you want is the single thing nearly everyone seems to forget.
If you were to go to your local gym now and ask someone to describe their reasoning behind them being there, their goals and what they want to look like. I bet you anything they won’t give you a straight answer. No one will be able to describe EXACTLY what they want to look like, or EXACTLY how whatever they do at the gym is going to benefit them.
This is the single difference between the toned body of a superstar and your average Joe that goes to the gym a lot.
Hollywood film stars and people who have great bodies know exactly what they want to look like in their mind. They know exactly what they want their arms to look like, they know exactly what they want their chest and pecs to look like, they can see a beautiful set of washboard abs, they will be able to tell you what sort of overall body shape they want, what sort of obliques they want. The list goes on and on but this is how it starts.
If you don’t know what you want to look like in your mind and yourself, then there’s no aim or effort really going to be put in to what you do at the gym. You won’t feel motivated or purposeful in all you do at the gym. This is where it just becomes another ‘choir’ for people to do, till eventually they drop it altogether.
So how do you focus your mind and achieve exactly what you want your body to look like?
You need to take some time to really sit down and think what you want to look like, If you’re not sure but really do want to make a difference to your life and your looks, browse round the web get some pictures and ideas really get yourself into how you want to look, even if your far from it now, a key thing to remember is that nothing is impossible, you can achieve ANYTHING when you put your mind to it.
Really enjoy this and take a minute to time out and think how you would feel if you lost x amount of weight and had a nice set of six-pack abs, or a beautiful, slender toned body. Or maybe you want some really beefy arms or more shape around your thighs and buttocks.
Once you know what you want and have really got this feeling and idea in mind you then need to set yourself believable goals towards attaining your ultimately perfect body.
If you want to develop your arms, start doing weights,and every 2 weeks to a month knock up whatever your pulling by 2-5kgs and do a few sets at the new weight till you feel you can replace it altogether with this new weight, keep working with these little things and notching up till you get to where you want.
Apply this principle to every area you want to improve and put together a program, or a routine that you do every time you’re at the gym, alternate everything for a while going up in increments, so now your working towards your perfect body. Then when you finally do get there you will be happy beyond blazes.
You may see people at the gym and think I wished I looked like that, but if you were to ask them are they pleased with their body and workout program, they would probably say not sure or they could do better. This is because they never set out any goals to work towards, they just kept pushing themselves with no real focus.
Your now going to be focused and know EXACTLY what you want and how you want to look. You’re going to feel much more fulfilled and motivate.
