The most Frustrating part of exercising is not seeing any results from all of your hard work the reason for that could be some pretty big workout mistakes that are sabotaging your success here are three of the most common workout mistakes you probably make you can do to fix them.
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
1. Being inconsistent:
people are from hop
from one workout to another and want to
try every routine and every exercise out
thereof
course I can understand the
temptation it's more fun to change
things try different routines and get a
a lot of variety but if you want the best
results you have to follow a proper
routine and stick to it for a while
consistency is always the best choice if
you aim for the best results how long
you have to follow a specific routine
depends on your experience and your
goals,
In General:, we suggest sticking to a routine for about 4 to 6 weeks before you switch to another one of course this doesn't mean that you can't change any details at all it's still possible to increase the weight to change the progression of an exercise or even to change the complete exercise a little bit as long as they train the same muscles or benefit the same goal here's
You want to train your chest and the routine includes push-ups now if your body is already used to doing regular push-ups and you finished other routines which included them you can change the basic variation in different ways without hopping to a completely different exercise instead of normal push-ups you could try one of the following first ring push-ups the movement is still the same but the Rings can move in different directions so you add adduction and rotation and with that target your chest optimally
2. Bend Resisted Push-ups
here you simply create additional and
progressive resistance through the band
3. Surf Backpack Push-ups
like with the
bandit push-ups you create additional
resistance but this time steadily over
the complete range of motion
4. Deep Push-ups
here you increase
the range of motion and with that make
it harder
5. Side-to-side push-ups
here you adjust the standard push-up by
shifting your weight more to one side
this makes the exercise harder because
as a result of the long lever the
extended arm can create the same
strength what you shouldn't do is to
change the push up to a sphinx or a Pike
pushup the Sphinx push-up is a totally total triceps
dominant movement while the pike push-up
is a more shoulder dominant exercise in
both cases you wouldn't hit your chest
in the same way as in the examples
explained before for beginners we still suggest changing nearly nothing and sticking to your current routine if you have no or only little totally total experience you have to learn the proper technique first this is really important because without the right technique you will reduce your gains or damage your joints ligaments and tendons in the long term
GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS
also don't need that much variation your
body already has enough to do to adapt
to the exercises of the routine because
it's simply not used to this kind of
training.
Other mistake is not sticking to proper rest times we know that it can be boring to rest three to four minutes between each set and that most people like to do short and intense workout sessions the problem with that is that not all goals are compatible with this kind of training if you just want to get basically fit or do something for your body in general it's okay to train like that but if you have specific goals like learning a certain skill-building muscle mass or increasing your strength to the max you have to stick to the proper rest times for this kind of goal if you work with hard exercises in the lower rep range longer rest times are a must with the correct rest time you are able to stick to the right rep range and also very important you maintain your concentration much better to execute the hard exercises with the proper form if you choose the too short rest period you're not going to be able to perform as many reps as you would be able to do after a long rest of course you can and should also, implement phases in which you work with shorter rest times and easier exercises in the higher rep range this gives your joints tendons and ligaments a break from the harder exercises and also increases the capillaries action of your muscles
a preparation or strength
endurance phase are perfect examples of
how you can implement this kind of
training into your schedule
The other extreme is resting too long if you're resting too long you create only little metabolic stress and this is one factor for muscle growth on the other hand it's totally fine and even necessary to work with longer rest times if your main goal is to max strength that is usually required in sports in which you do very hard exercises or lift heavyweights
The last mistake is static
stretching before working out mobility
work improves your active range of
motion and with that enhances your
performance long and extreme isometric
passive stretches on the other hand
increase your passive range of motion
because of less muscle tension less
muscle tension means less strength
output and less stability here's an
Example :
let's say you want to train yourchest if you now do long-lasting passivestretches for this muscle group rightbefore the workout, you will lower themuscle tone significantlythis can decrease your performance whenit comes to bench pressing or any otherexercise for this muscle groupstretching can also increase the risk ofinjuries because you can't properlystabilize the passive range of motionyou have reached during the stretch sodon't do long-lasting passive stretchesfor the same muscles, you are about totrain for strength this also means thatit's possible to stretch other musclesif you need the flexibility to performbetter a pike walk is a good example themain strength in this movement comesfrom your shoulders and apps but passivestretches in your hamstrings help you tomove your legs closer to your upper body you should also consider the difference between a short and a long-lasting passive stretch again we take the Pike walk as an example you can do a downward dog to increase your range of motion for the end position of the pike walk but we don't recommend a long less than the way that stretch in which you heavily increase the range of motion this lowers the muscle tension too much and will set the necessary shoulder stability you need in this position when it comes to passive stretching after the workout you should know that there is no evidence for a positive effect on muscle recovery so only included if you're specific flexibility goals you want to achieve instead of long-lasting passive structures
CONCLUSION:
we recommend mobility
training or a mix between mobility and
short passive stretches as a cool-down
activity easy mobility exercises are
great as a cool-down because they help
your muscles to relax and keep the blood
circulation up