Workout Plans: The Key to Successful Exercising

Sticking to an exercise regimen isn’t always easy, but it’s almost always worth it. There are many tips and tricks along the way, but perhaps the biggest key to exercise success lies in a simple but effective tool: The workout plan. Far beyond a mere list of exercises, the workout plan addresses the key components of your exercise routine: Where, when, and how.

The where need not necessarily be at the gym. For those who live too far away or who just can’t work it into their schedules, effective workouts can still take place at home, or even sometimes at work. For those sick of staying indoors during the cold winter months, plans can be modified according to season to ensure plenty of outside activities.

The when is an important part of any plan, and should definitely include a certain amount of flexibility. While dedicated exercise time is important to commit to, when schedules change it’s certainly handy to have some backup times planned.

When it comes to how, specific exercise routines are not only a great way to effectively use exercise time, they’re a way to obtain measurable results that will lead to more motivation. Exercise routines can also include a certain amount of flexibility to accommodate for soreness or unforeseen injury.

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Sometimes You’ll Fail

The hardest days at the gym may just be the ones that matter the most. We all have our hard days as well, and while for some it may be a matter of a lackluster workout, for others it can be as severe as an injury. For those occasions, here are three lessons to learn from the toughest days at the gym.

Injuries define limits. Injuries are preventable, and hopefully any that do occur will be minor and will heal quickly, but those that occur are learning opportunities. Our journeys to physical fitness involve learning our limits, which is an essential step to preventing any future injuries. Limits and boundaries can be pushed, but...

It takes time. Rome wasn’t built in a day, to quote an old cliche. Fitness is not a short term goal, it’s a lifestyle practice with goals along the way. Those goals, however, take time to achieve, as does anything in life that’s worthwhile. Working toward our goals requires dedication, even when we find ourselves short on motivation, because...

Anything is better than nothing. Injuries can be motivational setbacks, from the day they occur until long after they heal. Sometimes a physical injury heals only to make way for a mental or motivational barrier. Those barriers need to be broken, and even the act of making it to the gym is a step in the right direction.

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