You’ve been working out for long, but results are hard to find? No matter how much you slog in the gym, that beer belly refuses to go away? Maybe you are not doing it right. Maybe you are overdoing it. Here are 5 workout mistakes you are unintentionally making. Steer clear of these, buddy.
1. Setting Unrealistic Goals
I am going to drop 10 kilos in a month’. ‘I’ll start with running 10km on my first day’. Listen, stop, don’t be so overwhelmed. Trust us, you’ll be down and out in the very first week if you are new to gymming. So be wise, go easy and space out goals.
2. Not Tracking Your Progress
Always map whatever you do. You progress or plateau, just take down everything as notes. Tracking your progress will give you a fair idea of the direction you are headed in. Also, it will help you in setting goals, achieving them and chalking out daily diet plans.
3. Lack Of Daily Planning
This is the most common mistake rookies make. Plan each of your workouts differently. For example, work 2-3 muscle groups on a single day or mix weight training with some high intensity movements.
4. Thinking Supplements Do All The Work
Well, sorry to burst your bubble, they don’t! There’s a reason why they are called supplements and that’s because they supplement the diet you take. Supplements are only meant to catalyze nutrient absorption from the food you eat. They are not the sources of ‘whole nutrition’.
5. Eating Too Much Or Too Less
Drastically cutting down on food or drastically increasing your food intake will only harm your metabolism. Crash dieting and calorie loading will also hurt your body in more than one way. Try eating in portions and after short intervals of time.
