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Top 3 Ways to Stay Motivated for Home Workouts

Top 3 Ways to Stay Motivated for Home Workouts

You just finished a long day of work or taking care of the kids. It’s about 6 PM and now it’s time to make dinner for the next hour until you finally get home to put your feet up. Chances are you may not have the time or the motivation to exercise. 

Most people in today’s busy world would find it difficult to find time to go to the grocery store for fresh food, much less working out. Taking an hour or two in the morning or evening to train hard is difficult. We just don’t have the time in our busy lives. 

However, the rise of fitness movements like calisthenics has made it easier and more accessible for all to exercise to the best of their ability in any location.

With a massive array of information online regarding exercise programs and various workouts, the most difficult component is not how to exercise but rather how to stay motivated. 

Why Home Workouts Are Difficult

Gyms are built to be spaces where people of all goals and fitness levels can gather together and motivate each other. For some, this can be intimidating, but for many, seeing others exercising and working hard can be a great source of motivation. 

In your home gym, you will not have that. For this reason, it’s important to find unique ways to motivate yourself. 

Maintaining Your Motivation for Home Workouts

When working out at home, your biggest challenge is staying on track and progressing towards your goals. 

Keep in mind that any goal that you have of building muscle or losing weight will take time. This is not a week-long event. You’ll need to stay motivated over the course of many months.

So, the big question remains: “How can I stay motivated for the long term?”

Try these motivating ideas, so you can achieve your fitness goals while working out from home: 

    1. Change it up. This is one of the easiest methods to stay motivated. If you’re continually doing the same workout (or series of workouts), you may find that you get bored very quickly. Additionally, having no variability in your training will make your progress much slower.

        ◦ Do yourself a favor and keep your mind open for new and unique workouts.

        ◦ Follow your favorite fitness trainers on social media. Chances are they will post workout routines that you can follow along with and see faster results.

    2. Grab a suspension tool. Suspension tools like a Monkii or a TRX are great ways to always have a source of fun and engaging exercise. Pushups and lunges can get boring very quickly, and suspension tools have a huge amount of online videos with exercises for beginners all the way to advanced.

        ◦ When you make the exercise fun and interactive, you’ll be more motivated to exercise and stay on track. Suspension tools can help with that!

    3. Make time. Integrate your home workouts into your daily schedule. Understandably, there will be days where you don’t want to train but having your workouts in your schedule and viewing them as an important element of your life will ensure you prioritize the workout.

        ◦ You’re more likely to follow through on training sessions when your workout time is on your regular schedule at the same time each day, or the same days each week.

        ◦ Making it a habit will get you to automatically work out without having to make the decision to do it.

Are Home Workouts for You?

Home workouts aren’t for everyone. Many people enjoy the setting of the gym and find that training at home is difficult. If you’re the type of person that can self-motivate and plan your days ahead of time, home workouts are for you.

Not only are they a great space to develop your relative strength, but training at home is cost-efficient, time-saving, and a great way to connect with yourself.

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6 Fitness Tips That Really Work

6 Fitness Tips That Really Work

Sorry, there’s just no way around it, if you want to get in shape you have to eat well and get a lot of regular exercise. A pill isn’t going to do it all for you. Of course, you want to optimize the results you get from your exercise routine and these exercise tips will help you do just that.

Before you start an exercise program, make sure that you talk to your doctor. This is particularly important if you’re really overweight and haven’t spent much time working out or if you have some underlying health problems. Ask your doctor what you need to do to modify an exercise routine so you can work around those issues.

Here are some exercise tips that you should keep in mind and you will get more out of your workouts:

1. If possible, work out with a friend. It is much easier to stick with a workout routine if you and your friend are doing it together. There is a certain amount of peer pressure, neither of you wants to be the undisciplined one and neither of you wants to let the other one down.

2. If you are new to working out try to find a trainer to work with at least until you get a good routine worked out. After you’ve gotten the basics mastered you can either continue to work out with the trainer (this can be another great motivator) or, if your budget is tight you can give up the personal trainer and do it yourself.

3. Do not go nuts on the cardio aspect of your workout. Many people make this mistake. They think that spending a lot of time on the treadmill or the elliptical is good, and it is, but the problem is that your body gets used to that level of exertion and eventually your results will actually go down.

4. This one goes along with number 3, do several types of cardio exercises. Don’t allow your body to get too used to a certain routine. You should change your workout routine at least every 6 weeks or so. This will really maximize your results. Another benefit of changing things up regularly is that you will lessen repetitive motion injuries that occur, you guessed it, when you do the same movements over and over again.

5. When you do weight training (and everyone should, yes, even women) don’t make the mistake of going too fast when you do a repetition.  Many people go so fast that they are actually allowing momentum to do most of the work for them. This greatly decreases the effectiveness of the exercise. You want a very slow and controlled movement. Not only will you get the most out of the exercise you will also lessen the chances of injuring yourself.

6. You may not hear this one too often, but if you are in a time crunch and you can’t really do a full workout (some cardio and weight training) and you have to pick one or the other, choose the weight portion of your workout. Weight training will also have a cardiovascular benefit and the boost in metabolism you get by weight training will last you long after your workout is over.

I hope you have found these exercise tips to be helpful. To really be successful in your workout routine, it’s important that you find something that you really enjoy doing and then just stick with it.

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5 Tips to Eliminate Your Spare Tire

5 Tips to Eliminate Your “Spare Tire” – Once and for All!

Is that darned spare tire hanging around? Have you tried dozens of diets and exercises only to have it persist? Take heart, you really can get rid of it and have flat abdominal and oblique areas. Here are the top five tips to shift your spare tire once and for all!

#1 Slow and steady wins the race

Most weight loss doesn’t happen overnight. In order to get rid of your spare tire and keep it off, you’re going to want to plan ahead. Keep your eyes forward toward your goal. Expecting huge weight loss right away often leads to disappointment. However, with gradual weight loss you’ll enjoy the results long term.

#2 Fat burning is a must 

The only way to eliminate your spare tire is to exercise. Tummy toning exercises will come later. First, it’s important to exercise regularly doing both strength training and cardio with each workout. Plan to spend 30-40 minutes working out, three to five times a week. The more you work out the faster you’ll see results. 

It’s important to note that if you have weight to lose in other areas of your body, you may lose it there first. Abdominal fat is often the last fat to burn away. Take heart – once you get to the point where you’re burning abdominal fat, it’ll go quickly.

#3 Calories in, calories out 

Watching what you eat is also part of a spare tire removal plan. You have to burn more than you consume. If not, you’ll gain weight rather than lose it. That’s the opposite of what you want to happen! The easiest way to make sure you’re burning more than you’re consuming is to simply track your day. Track what you eat and how long you exercise. There are many fantastic applications for Smartphones and iPods. You can also find free tracking programs online.

#4 Tummy toning 

Once that fat starts melting away, it’s time to tone those muscles. Tummy toning exercise is also core exercises. They’ll improve your posture. They’ll help your back muscles stay pain free. You’ll also strengthen your abdominals and have a flat stomach. 

#5 Avoid bloat

Some foods, and beverages, cause bloating. Bloat makes your spare tire appear bigger. It makes you feel uncomfortable too. Sugary foods cause bloat. Too much salt causes bloat, too. Drink water. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Add whole grains to your daily diet too. A diet rich in fiber will help keep bloat at bay. 

You don’t have to live with a spare tire. With the right mindset and a dedicated plan you can get rid of your spare tire forever. A simple plan that addresses eating right and working out will help you keep your spare tire off for good.

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