Joining the Gym is a great decision to make if you
are going to lose weight. Once you get
over the nerves of going for the first
time, and you get into the swing of it,
you’ll get the bug to keep going.
I love
going to the gym, it’s the buzz of leaving,
knowing you’ve bettered yourself as
well as the knowing that you can transfer
the confidence you gain by going to other
areas of your life.
For example, you may not know right
now, that you can do x amount of sit-ups
in one go but, once you work towards
and achieve that goal, you’ll then gain
confidence and wonder what else you
are capable of that you have been putting
off.
Joining the gym, you will obviously pay
a monthly fee, so it doesn’t have that on
the other activities you can do for
exercise, but it’s very worth it. You have
all the equipment you need in one place,
you can get instruction on how to do
certain exercises and you can get general
advice on how to keep going with your
diet and exercise plan to lose weight.
At the gym, you can speak to a personal
trainer and set out a schedule for your
workouts and what you will do in them,
you can get advice on your diet and you
can set yourself targets to hit and then
keep yourself motivated to achieve those
targets. If you have a schedule that
includes going to the gym, you will be
more likely to stick to it, because it is
part of your routine, than to just go when
you feel like it.
If you go to the gym first thing in the
morning, it’ll leave you feeling good and
ready to take on whatever the rest of the
day has in store. And you can become
more productive with your day, as you
get fitter; you will become less reliant
on sleep and be able to do more when
other people will be tiring. You’ll still
need sleep, just not as much!
At the gym, you’ll be able to do
exercises like running, cycling and
rowing without having to go far. Having
these simulated will mean you are not
put off by rain or cold weather and you
can keep track of statistics while you run
such as how far you have run, how long
you have actually been running for and
how many calories you have burnt off.
Make sure that, when you go to the gym,
your workouts are broken down into
parts; a warm-up, stretching, the main
workout and then the warm down.
Doing a warm up, you will be preparing
the body for more intense exercise. This
is very important because the body will
need time to adapt and prepare itself for
strenuous exercise to prevent injury. The
same goes for stretching, the muscles
need to be loosened up so that they are
prepared for exercise, instead of being
cold and tight.
You need to warm up before stretching
so that you get a better stretch out of the
muscles than stretching them cold. You
should stretch the entire body, even if
you are just working on one particular
part of the body. This is because you
will get the entire body ready for
workout and you may end up using
muscles for particular exercises and then
using muscles you didn’t realise were
being used.
For example, every exercise ends up
working the core of your body so, if you
strengthen that part of your body, you
will find you get stronger overall. If you
don’t believe me, try exercising an
individual muscle in the body and you
will feel the tension in your core as well
as the individual muscle.
And, of course, if your gym has a spa
area with a sauna, steam room and
Jacuzzi, this is an added bonus for the
end of your workout. Not only because it
is relaxing, but also because the sauna
and the steam room are good for your
skin when used regularly.
