Don't make mistakes during your workout with our top tips
Yes we’re working out, that’s great. But are you making mistakes in your bid for healthy and active lifestyle?
We take a look at 6 workout mistakes we expect a lot of people are making – we have done ourselves – and hope we can help rectify them.
Under eating
Eating too little can really affect your weight loss plan; it can leave you with muscle loss, a slower metabolism and less energy. By having a diet which consists of eating foods in moderation but exercising regularly at the same time – this is how you will lose weight.
Ignoring weights
Do you spend all your gym time doing cardio? Chopping and changing between the treadmill and the cross-trainer? People, particularly women, tend to gravitate toward cardio exercises and avoid weights like the plague. There’s a myth that weight training will bulk you up. This simply won’t happen unless you go too extreme. In fact lifting weights will tone and firm up your muscles, something that cardio actually cannot do. Maintaining regular weight training will increase your body’s ability to burn fat around the clock.
Sit ups = Six pack
Not quite! In fact too much concentration on the abs and no focus on other areas of your body could lead your stomach to expand and a pot belly rearing its ugly head! Sit ups combined with an overall weight loss programme, a balanced diet and regular exercise will help with this.
Skipping stretching
Stretching is so important both before and after a workout but is the most common mistake. Stretching is important to be done properly and not rushed as it increases our flexibility, helps with a better posture and also decreases muscle injury.
Repeating workouts
Going to the gym 2/3 times a week and doing the same routine each time will work to begin with. You may see some pounds drop straight off and your body getting firmer but this needs to be maintained. The way to do this is to keep pushing yourself, keep adding to your workout. Whether that means increasing the weights you are using or adding quarter of an hour onto your cardio training every couple of weeks, you need to be always progressing.
Playing favourites
Playing favourites in your training can lead to problems. Many of us have a body part we prefer to work out on or a particular exercise we like doing more than others. However, favouring these can leave you unbalanced with poor posture. When you work out you need to work out the whole body.
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