Training Mistakes That Should Be Avoided

If you are serious in getting ripped and not achieving the gains that you’re hoping for, there could be something wrong with your training techniques. Read the article below to find out some of the most common mistakes lifters make and how you can remedy them.

                                   
 

Once you start seeing improvements from your training, diet and supplementation efforts, you begin to evolve and search for ways to help you achieve more success in your program.  You begin to formulate new methods and implement complex programs to be able to progress and improve on your routine.

There is nothing wrong with this, it is actually remarkable to be confident enough with your program to think of other means and ways to improve yourself. The issue, however, lies with the fact that as you progress, you tend to forget the basic fundamental guidelines of the game that aided you from the start.

                                    
 

Consequently, you tend to disregard those previous lessons and the more advanced tips won’t probably be as effective as they should be.

Let’s review some of the helpful tips that have helped you along the way.

MISTAKE 1: LACK OF A PRE-WORKOUT PLAN

                                  
 

This is one thing that people tend to miss due to their busy schedules, excessive commitments and loads of plans.  You dismiss this and regard it as a not so important part of your exercise or workout routine.  Due to the lack of time, you mix your pre-workout and rush to the gym. You might think it is totally unnecessary to have this preparation in mind but in reality you might miss out on the best workout possible.

THE REMEDY: PLAN OUT THE HOUR BEFORE YOU LIFT
You should devise your own procedure for this which should include: first, you should allot enough time for the consumption of your pre-workout, unless otherwise stated.  This will allow your body to process it properly.

Second, go through the workout in your mind, choose the exercises that would best suit you and set particular goals for the program that you want to achieve.
Lastly, have a clear mind and focus on the moment.

MISTAKE 2: RUSHING THROUGH WARM UPS

                                      

This is one of the most crucial elements of any workout program.  Warm up should be a prelude to more strenuous activities to prevent injury.  Its purpose is to elevate body and muscle temperature in preparation for the body’s robust activity.  The warm up stage prepares the different bodily systems by steadily accelerating the demands on those systems and in turn could help the body adapt to more arduous activities.
So if you rush through your warm ups, you’re just exposing yourself to potential injuries.

THE REMEDY: COMMIT TO PREPARING

                              
 

You should keep in mind that warming up is essential so that you can achieve the best training session possible.  By doing so, this could motivate you to set aside ample time in warming up your body and mind before a heavy workout.

This could involve light stretching and low impact activities for several minutes.  If you haven’t tried warming up before, make sure to give it a try to experience a more positive difference for yourself.

MISTAKE 3: PERFORMING COMFORTABLE SETS

In the beginning of your training, you tend to be unsure of what weight you have to use to carry out some movements like curls or dumbbell presses.  As you reach a certain level of strength, it will be easy to gage that you can do 10 reps with 185 on an exercise and just sticking with that.
Ultimately, you achieve a degree of comfortability with that weight and you get stuck in that level.  You have to remember that, the objective in training is improvement.

THE REMEDY: MOTIVATE YOURSELF TO STRUGGLE FOR REPS

Challenge yourself to do more, the next time you work on that bench and pick the weight, tell yourself that you’re going to fail.  Keep on pushing until you can’t complete another rep with good form while aiming for the muscle.  In this way, you might surpass what you have initially told yourself.
Your muscles might resist from the effort, but as you continuously push yourself for more, you are able to accomplish more than you thought you could which could benefit you in the short and long term gains.