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Would You Like To Get Back In Shape?
If you have taken a hiatus from your fitness program it is hard to get inspired to start back into your training regimen once more. What you have to do is set some realistic achievable "written"resolutions to help get you going.
The main reason I have emphasized "written" is because if you do not write your goals down your resolutions are purely fantasies. Studies have confirmed over and over that writing your goals on paper is very powerful.
Let's look at some sample situations. If you intend to get back into jogging, start to walk first. Depending upon your degree of fitness you might only start with only fifteen or twenty minutes. If you already have a certain level of exercise start with 30 minutes and progressively increase it.
Once you have been walking for a couple of weeks you can ease back into jogging by rotating walking and jogging. Walk for ten minutes and jog for five and so on. As you increase your level of fitness and your discomfort goes away you should increase the jogging until you get back to running for thirty to forty five minutes at a time.
If you have done weight training in your past and have taken a layoff of more than a couple of months you really need to take it slow coming back.
When you are weight training, if you push yourself to do too much initially you may possibly end up damaging supporting tendons and ligaments. The solution is not to hurry in trying to try to do the same routine that you were doing but doing less sets.
What I try once I've had an extended layoff is to go to the health club and ride the stationary bike for 15-2o minutes to begin with for a warm-up. Then, I can choose only one paticular body part per day to exercise. If you are an older individual or you have a bigger frame you may perhaps want to continue this type of exercise program even after your initial break-in period.
Let's look at training the torso for instance. If I was able to bench press 300 pounds before I took a break I will begin my first work out with 135 pounds and do 3 or 4 sets of repetitions of about 15-20 times each. Adjust your weights accordingly. After that I may do 3 sets of flat dumbbell flyes yet again with more reps this time so that you don't place too much pressure on my tendons and ligaments.
Adhere to these same guidelines for all body parts and increase the weights and reps little by little and inside a month you'll be right back to heavy training again and moving towards your goals - reducing your body fat and learning how to get a six pack.
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