Mistake #1: Doing Isolated Exercises Doing isolated exercises like bicep curls and tricep kick-backs will NOT get you any significant results. These one-muscle-at-a-time moves simply dont stimulate enough muscle fibers to build lean muscle or expend enough energy to maximize your calorie burn. If you want to build lean muscle while burning fat so you can get serious definition, you need to perform exercises that stimulate as many muscles and expend as much energy as possible at the same time. Using these types of exercises (dead lifts, standing shoulder press, squads, flat bench press) will dramatically accelerate your results. Mistake #2: Working Out With Machines Fancy machines may make the gym look high-end, but truthfully, about the only thing theyre good for is for sitting down while you tie your shoes or catch your breath! The problem is this: Machines alter the way your body naturally moves and restrict your range of motion. This severely limits your ability to fully activate all of your muscles fibers -- that means less fat burning and less muscle definition. Worse yet, machines can cause excessive strain on your joints, leading to nagging injuries down the road. If you want fast results, its critical that you incorporate exercises that allow your body to move naturally with full range of motion so you can skyrocket your metabolism and tone your entire physique. Mistake #3: Doing Long Bouts of Cardio Look, you need to do cardio if you want to lose weight and burn fat...BUT theres a right way and a wrong way to do your cardio workouts. If youve been pounding the pavement or the treadmill with nothing to show for it (except sore joints and a pair of stinky worn out sneakers), you already know it takes a lot of effort to get minimal results. Mistake #4: Doing Crunches & Sit-Ups To Get 6-Pack Abs If you want washboard abs, doing traditional ab exercises like crunches and sit-ups WILL NOT get you a six pack. In fact, doing any exercises that target your abs wont get you a six pack either! These so-called ab exercises are a complete waste of time. They dont make your abs get any more defined and they definitely dont burn any fat. The key to getting sculpted abs is to burn off that stubborn layer of belly fat thats hiding them! Mistake #5: Repeating The Same Workouts Over & Over Repeating the same workouts over and over is a surefire way to STOP getting results. Were creatures of habit and we tend to stick to things were familiar with and good at. But when it comes to your workouts, if you want to keep making progress and keep seeing changes in your body, youve got to start switching things up. You see, your body has an amazingly ability to adapt quickly and when it does, thats when you hit the dreaded plateau and you stop making progress. Mistake #6: Doing Loooong Workouts Longer workouts do NOT equal better or faster results. If youve been slaving away at the gym and your body isnt visibly changing, you cant do more of the same thing and expect a different result. When it comes to getting lean and fit, your body responds to quality over quantity.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:23:09 +0000
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