Common Gym Mistakes Stopping You From Achieving Your Goals
Sometimes you get stuck in your own routine of doing the same things every sessions, so you do not stop to think whether what you are doing is right or not.
So before you start the new year with your strong gym routine, you need to make sure you are not making any of following mistakes.
- you are not investing enough time in learning
“Invest in a couple of sessions with a trainer,” said by Chris Magee,head of yoga .“Make it Correct and feel confident in your technique, get motivations and accountability, and a programme to measures your ability and goals - even if you cannot afford to keep your physical therapist full time, those sessions will take you towards success.
“Doing it yourself often means you set alittle unrealistic goals in which you want to achieve things as you have no point of reference.” - Going to the gym unprepared
A qualified physical therapist and member of FIT London said:”prepared to fail,fail to prepare”
“It is easy to talk yourself into thinking that just going to the gym is enough of us, and it is certainly good than doing nothing to get some exercise in gym but in order to really make fruiteful your workouts, its best to have done with a solidly planned-out session so you can focus your full energy on giving it all you have got,” she said.
3.A technique that is poor
We get it, knowing how to perfect a plank ,press up, , kettle bell swing and every other move you do in the gym is not an easy task. But Physical therapist Tome advises us to give time in order to make perfect your technique or u need to just ask the questions.
Doing wrong will result in injury, and stop us progressing.
- Copying routines that you have seen online
L. Arnold(Fitness coach) said she sees so many people at the gym who are copying exercise routines they have seen online by social media stars or influencers and it can result in risky techniques.
“It is so much better to stip back to basics,” she said. “Completely often things can be risky if they are not performed correctly and resulting in serious injury.
“To achieve best results you need to stick to safe compound exercises and cardio which is not putting you at risk of injury.” - Pause(procrastination)
The founder of the eponymous Tom Oliver Nutrition, said: “By a lack of rate of work, I mean a lack of a Good level of Intensity, particularly with Weight Training.
“I see lots of texting,sitting or chatting between sets, which sort of Defeats the Object of being in the Gym. Unless you are training as a
strength athlete, you do not, in my opinion need more than 45-60 seconds rest maximum between sets.
“My advice to anyone wanting to reap the benefits of that time spent in the gym, is to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. If not, it will massively hamper your results.”
6.The Lack of Recovery Time
Dom Thorpe(personal trainer), founder of INCENTIFIT, told many people that they push too hard without allowing enough recovery time. "This makes progress difficult and in the worst case, it causes injuries," he said. "Muscle Groups should be trained once or twice a week at most. "Experienced gym assistants work on this and they manage to train more regularly by dividing their workouts into body parts, day of the chest, leg day, day of the back, etc.