CXXVIII: 5 Ways To Improve Your Workouts!
Due to the global effects of COVID-19, a lot of people have found working out to be their new hobby. They’ve used social media accounts as their guides and simply gotten active, and I love to see it!
With that, I’m simply here to shed a bit of light onto you and your future workouts with a couple of tips.
TIP #1: HYDRATE PRIOR TO…
We all know that drinking 8 8oz glasses of water a day is the recommended starting point for everyone as far as daily consumption is concerned. Factor into that the fact that we are journeying into the warmer and dryer months, and the fact that we are hydrating for workouts and our water consumption should significantly increase.
Hydrating helps you in a number of ways: (1) it assists in weight-loss; (2) it assists in food digestion; (3) it helps to prevent cramps while walking/running; and (4) slightly unrelated, it promotes clearer skin.
I mean, who doesn’t want these things? So, grab your hydration pack, fill it up and take a walk!
TIP #2: CHOOSE YOUR WORKOUT PLAYLIST PRIOR TO…
Having to stare down at your phone throughout your whole workout is not only distracting but it could get annoying, if you’re anything like me. Now, many people love to be completely face-planted into their phones during all hours of the day, but if you go to working out in search of a release, then within the square-ish screen of your phone is not where you will find it!
Picking a playlist prior to allows you to get into a workout groove and to stay there. It increases your productivity throughout your workout and, depending on the songs you’ve chosen, it will keep you motivated longer.
TIP #3: TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE TO GET UP AND MOVE, SET A TIME OF DAY TO WORKOUT.
For many, it’s not the playlist, the water or the weather. For them, it’s the fact that they’d even have to get up and move in the first place.
But, join me on this faint reverie, if you will:
Imagine walking under the warm heat of the sun while being kissed by its rays while reading (or listening to) a good book. All the while, you’re getting in your 30 minutes of recommended walk time a day, and you’re feeling great because of it.
In addition to that, you’re doing some grade A multitasking throughout the whole ordeal! You’re simply killing it.
If that doesn’t get you up, then simply set an alarm (like you would to head to the office) and treat the great outdoors like your office for the day. Unless you’re someone who is just absolutely opposed to outdoors and all things nature, you will surely find something to enjoy about your brief and energizing outing.
But, honestly, it’s all about training yourself to take that first step. If at first you have to literally set an alarm and force yourself to get it done, then do it. But after a while, I can assure you that you’ll look forward to those walks and no alarm will be needed at all.
TIP #4: DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT, NOT WHAT OTHERs do.
There are a plethora of men and women who are doing home and garage workouts all over social media, and it seems like the ones who are doing things completely wrong are the ones with the most likes. So many people will fall into the traps but I urge you:
IF IT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT TO DO, THEN DO NOT DO IT.
Our bodies are so telling that if they don’t like something like an incorrectly done row, squat, lunge, lat pull, etc., it will tell us! It’ll tell us in the form of an odd tweak, or worse, a muscle strain. Don’t let that be you just because you followed someone with a lot of likes and a soothing voice.
Always listen to your body and only do what feels right.
TIP #5: DON’T TALK ABOUT IT, BE ABOUT IT.
I can’t be anymore clear than how crystal clear I am being on this one.
Get up and workout! I know so many people whose life’s work right now is just talking about all that they have to do, or all that they are doing, or all that they will do. I’ve never seen a more wasted amount of time or energy than the amount wasted on laying out your plans so that others can be impressed by them.
Just get up and get to it!
If you’re going to workout, then get up and work out! 💪🏾
There you have it! Hopefully these tips help to improve your future workouts!
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