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So, you are in a weight training program, aren't you? If not, you may not be reading this! You know why you are in it. You want your muscles to grow stronger. This will happen if you stick with a routine. But many people don't. They try hard for a couple of weeks and then quit. The reasons could be many. But the most important one is that they are not aware of certain essential facts about a weight training program. The following tips may help you to stay in with your program and achieve your goal.
1. Stick to the program: Once you begin your routine, be sure to stay persistent. The most effective way to maintain your routine is to have a resolve to continue, whatever may be the obstacles. People usually look for excuses to quit. Some even invent reasons. They exaggerate the pains, discomforts and minor inconveniences. Resolve to yourself that you will sincerely question each and every excuse. You can't lie to yourself, unless you make up your mind to accept the false excuses that are going to come up.
2. Make it interesting and full of fun: Any task can be considered a drudgery or fun. it is your choice. If you choose to treat your weight training program fun, fun will it be! If you think of it as a burden, you will feel fatigued even before beginning to move any muscle. Also use your creativity to introduce some changes in the routine. Even a slight change will infuse some interest and enthusiasm in the program. Exercising and weight training shouldn't be something you dread. It should be something you look forward to with enthusiasm and interest.
3. No rest, no result: If you think it is when you are doing the exercises that you build muscle, you are wrong. Your body doesn't get nutrition not when you are eating but when what you eat is digested. In the same way, your muscles grow when not when you are doing the work-out but when you're resting. (I can hear a smart guy saying' 'In that case, I will take rest straightaway, without doing any work-out!') This is an important point to remember. If you work out too much with very little rest, your muscles will not have the time to recuperate and strengthen. The very purpose of your weight training program will be defeated.
4. Be positive: What does being positive have to do with building muscles, you nay ask. It does because it
has been found that lack of a positive mindset is one of the biggest reasons for people not sticking with even the best weight lifting routine. If they don't see results in a short period, they start losing hope of their weight training program producing the results they had wanted. Please remember that everything takes time. Even at the beginning, you should have the resolve to stay to stay positive and wait for the results.
5. Choose a program that suits you: People choose some program in a hurry and later regret their decision. The level, the type of equipment, the period, the frequency are all important factors. Discuss with others who are into this already and learn from their expenses. Visualize yourself in doing the work-out and decide which will suit you best. Remember that choosing the right program will ensure 50% success.
