Top 10 Tips For A Safe Yet Effective Weight Training Workouts
Written by Mateen S
Would you like to increase your lifts as much as 50% with a few workout tips which are safe yet amazingly effective? Then read these Top 10 tips to make your next workout your best workout ever!
Weight Training is the No. 1 athletic activity in the world but less than 10% people perform exercises and workouts correctly. The following weight training tips will put you in the right 10% who will see real results.
Tip # 1 - Join a Gym
- If you are looking for real results then Home is NOT the place. I am not talking about fancy gym equipments or some cute faces. I am talking about the weights you lift. Nothing compares to a real gym. Remember nefforts determine results and gym allows for maximum efforts. Not to mention the motivation it gives.
Tip # 2 - Create a Weight Training journal
- The whole idea of Weight Training is Progressive Resistance. Without maintaining a journal how can you remember the weight you used the last time? Remember Don't trust it to memory. Write the exact weight, reps and sets you lifted on every workout. Add 5 lbs on major muscle exercises and 2.5 lbs at least on minor muscle group exercises on future workout on a weekly basis to consistently grow.
Tip # 3 - Decide the days when you train and when you rest
- This is a must. Nothing is worse than waiting for Mondays to start over again when you cheat mid week. Decide exactly when you train and when you rest. Hint: Do not workout more than 2 days in a row.
Tip # 4 - Warm Up and Stretch
- Ever seen a tiger when he wakes up? He stretches his body getting it ready for the attack. Warm ups and Stretches will prepare your muscles for the oncoming assault and helps you train safer and lift more.
Tip # 5 - Master the Big 5 Exercises
- If you cannot master these 5 exercises then the seeds of a great body are simply NOT in you. They are Clean and Press, Bench Press, Deadlifts, Barbell Rows and Squats.
Tip # 6 - Stretch in between exercise nsets
- Soft tissues respond best when they are warm. In between exercises, the soft tissues stretch farther and give your connective tissues more flexibility and range of motion.
Tip # 7 - Keep workouts short but intense
- 2 reasons for this. Your body loses glycogen reserves during heavy exercises and after 40-50 minutes, cortisol, a catabolic hormome makes entry sabotaging your efforts and thereby your results.
Tip # 8 - Drink water after every 1 or 2 nsets
- Thirst is NOT a good indicator of water deficiency. Gulp a few sips every now and then even if you are not thirsty.
Tip # 9 - Warm Down for 3-5 nminutes
- Research has shown that stretching after exercising reduces delayed onset muscle soreness. It also brings you heart rate back to normal. Also after intense sets, your balance system needs some time to nadapt and get back to equilibrium.
Tip # 10 - Drink your Post workout meal in the ngym
- What's the point in muscle destruction when you neglect the golden hour for nourishment. Make drinking your favorite protein shake with at least 40-60 grams of simple carbs a regular habit and your Weight Training results will soar, soar and soar.
There you have it. Use these 10 tips in your next workout and you will be ahead of more than 90% of gym goers. Most importantly you will see REAL results.
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