Fitness is something that we all are looking up to. All that we need is a fit and healthy mind and body. Routine workouts and exercises are something that has been helpful in remaining fit and healthy all through the life. Men have already been focusing on this important aspect of life for years. However, very few women were found taking up such a challenge during the earlier days. But, ever since lower fitness levels has been stated as a major cause of many health problems, people are now rushing towards the gym to make sure that they are healthy enough to prevent such problems.
Many women think that simply walking into the gym and working out regularly will help them get proper results within a few days. Or some others spend day in and day out inside the gym and still don’t get enough results. If you are among the ones who are putting in your best and still not seeing any expected results, it is time you assess your own workouts and check to see that there are no mistakes in the way you do it. The common ones are usually looked into, but there are a few rare ones that often remain ignored. Thus, it is time that you think of all the mistakes that you make while you are at the gym.
1. Using Less weights
Women are usually found picking up the least amount of weights or somewhere close to it. Women are usually considered to have less capacity than men. But, this does not mean that you begin with the least amount of weights. You can try starting with the weights that you think you are capable to pick. This can be anything in between the range that is available. Starting with an exact amount of weight will help you improve your own capacity and thus achieve results sooner.
2. Unbalanced Workouts
The most common mistake that women are found doing is that they focus on a certain body part. This results in that part being worked out regularly, leaving the others unattained. If you continue doing this for a longer time, this may gradually lead to an injury or the least results seen in the other parts or muscles.
3. Not Checking your Form
A few women go to the gym with the sole purpose of working out. At such times, the focus is only on the workout, but not on the method. It is important to concentrate on the way you are performing a certain set of exercises or workouts. Performing the workouts properly will help prevent the risk of injury and will also help improve the results.
4. Focusing on only one form of workout
While you are working out, it is important to perform different kinds of workouts. Cardio and strength training workouts both play an important role in fitness. Cardio helps in burning fat, whereas strength training exercises help in metabolism burning. Hence, it is important that you combine both of these forms of workouts to make sure that you achieve appropriate results.
5. Not Getting Post Workout Fuel
Men are usually observed to consume their protein drinks or protein shakes after they are done with the workouts. These drinks help to replenish and rebuild the muscles within us. Women usually are found ignoring this important part of their routine. It is important to refuel your body once you have finish working out.
6. Missing the process of warming up and cooling down
Best results are achieved when the strength training workouts are performed while the heart rate is high. Thus, women out there keep in mind to perform adequate amount of warming up exercises that would be proportional to the intensity of your workouts. It is also important to let your muscles cool down and relax after a workout. Thus, some stretching exercises will help in relaxing and restoring muscles sooner.
7. Being Tired of Working out
As time passes by, women are found to skip out a few workouts or reduce the intensity or the reps that they perform. But, this will not help you in any way. You should always move forward and take up more reps and workouts of higher intensity as the time passes. Your body gradually gets used to the regular exercises that you may be performing. It is important to increase the intensity or the reps to make sure that you are increasing your body’s capacity to perform more.
8. Not Altering the machines for your needs
It is already known that no two people have the same body type and therefore all people differ in their capability to perform things. Do not go with the numbers set for others. Try to figure out what suits you best and perform accordingly.
9. Not Focusing on your fitness goals
There are many other things that may distract you while you are working out. Things like your phone, messages and television may distract you. It may sometimes be fine to be involved in these things or even talk to the other women working out besides you. But, it is often observed that such distractions take women away from their goals.
10. Setting Unrealistic Goals
Few Women are found working extremely hard in the gym by observing all norms and avoiding all the above mentioned mistakes. But, still they complain of not achieving the desired goals in time. At such times, you need to check whether the goal that is set is realistic and whether it is really possible for that person to achieve it. Start with smaller goals that you can achieve and then move up higher.
Avoiding these mistakes will help a woman achieve true fitness that she is working out for within no time. The results after such a workout routine that avoids all the mistakes is the perfect plan that any women can follow in order to be fit. But, the most important aspect is that you know more about your body type and perform workouts and exercises that best suit you.
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