Alex Ram

A Better workout Plan In the fallowing, I would like to share with you steps that I take to make all of my workout better. Ways of getting off or around plateaus in your progress that are discouraging you from your goals. I will also discuss my opinion on the number one reason people fail to keep up with an exercise routine. Sticking with it, The number one reason people don't stick to their exercise routine is not time, It's not that it's too hard or that they are plain lazy. I believe that the number one reason people don't stick to their excursive routine is...RESULTS and FEAR! Without results, or at least progress within a reasonable amount of time for results, most will get discouraged before they can see any results at all. Let's face it we are in the time of instant gratification. If we do not see results fast, it must not work, right? And if it doesn't work? Why waist my precious time. And then the fear kicks in. Fear of wasting time, fear of being the one that it just doesn't work for. Fear of maybe, "success" and I will have to do this for the rest of my life to keep it up..."I don't need that kind of commitment". There are too many other things I would rather do than sweat my ass off for nothing, Am I right? Well let's try to change that, shall we?Plateaus So you have started working out and things are going great then all of a sudden your not seeing results anymore. You keep trying, your eating good maybe not great but your eating better, your staying with your work out that had been showing result. But you haven't lost a pound in over a week. You feel better your starting like how you look now but the progress has somehow stopped. This is call a plateau. There are two major causes for plateaus. The first being; not enough calories. Yes, you heard me. You my not be eating enough. Lean muscle needs calories to grow and repair from all that exercise that you are doing. In order to protect itself, your body will purposely slow you metabolism and store fat if it is not getting enough calories to fuel those new muscles of yours. That is why you should never cut more than 500 calories from your maintenance weight calorie diet. Let me explain, if your diet requires you to eat 3500 calories a day to maintain the weight that you at now. Then you should not start right off with a 2000 calorie diet. Your body is smart and does not like to lose weight. If you have programmed your body to stay at 185lbs then it will beg ,barrow and steel from your lean muscle to stay at that weight and turn it to fat.Stuck in a Rut Syndrome. The second factor in my opinion is what I call the "stuck in a rut syndrome." This is where you do the same exercises every time you work, expecting your result to keep on going. This is relatively easy to correct. Just vary your routine. If you normally run on flat ground, find some hills. If you are use to running on a treadmill, try an elliptical trainer for some of your work outs. You get the picture. Just don't give up, try something new. Keep your body guessing.Keeping Track. It is so important to keep track of your work outs in order to see results and adjust as needed. In order to stay on your fitness goals you have to be able to find ways to push yourself just a little everyday. Whether it is running a mile one day and then running a mile and a half the next or running a mile in 15 minute one and then running a mile in 14:45 the next. Not only will this help you get to your goal but it also gives you a sub goal to focus on for each workout. When you complete these smaller sub goals it will feel good and keep you going. You can easily keep track you routine in a journal. Now a days there all kinds of little gadgets that you can buy to help you keep track. You may want to look in to a step counter for the walking or GPS heart monitor. The GPS heart monitors are really neat because they can keep track of all sorts of important data for you. Like heart rate, target heart rate, how far you went and how long it took you. You can upload and down load information to and from your computer to track your progress and they relatively inexpensive. Somewhere a round the $200.00 dollar range.MattNeed a "club class" treadmill was too expensive to have in your home? They might be more affordable than you think. Get more details at www.squidoo.com/SoleS77Treadmill2009Model