Hey guys!
Finding it hard to get started with your workouts? There are two things that make this happen to a person, either:
1) You are new to training or,
2) You took a really LONG break from your old work out schedule and want to start again.
Trust me, I have been in both these situations before and it is definitely not a good feeling! It’s like you want to train and move but there’s some kind of, I don’t know what, that makes you not able to do it. I was always having that “I’ll start tomorrow or next week” mindset and guess what….tomorrow and next week NEVER came!
So here’s a work out schedule that had I wrote up for myself using all the different online products I had bought. And I’m going to put it up as a blueprint type of schedule just so you have an idea of how you can start. This is a basic routine really, so like I said it’s just to give you an idea of how to start and get back into it.
So here’s what I did to get myself back in shape slowly:
Mondays:
Warmed up on cross trainer for 10 minutes but if there weren’t any available then I used the treadmill or rower. After that I went straight into weights and focused my workouts on my chest and triceps. I worked out for no longer than 2 hours!
Tuesdays:
Did light cardio intervals for 15 minutes. Note that I only did it for a short time just to get my body used to it again and not over train.
Wednesdays:
Active rest day. Not really active though, I slept early the night before and the night of just because muscles repair and grow quicker when you sleep.
Thursdays:
Warm up on cross trainer or treadmill for 10 minutes. Went straight to weights and focused on my back and triceps. Workouts were no longer than 2 hours.
Fridays:
Light cardio interval for 15 minutes. Same jogging pace as I did on Tuesdays.
Weekends:
Didn’t workout on weekends but I was always careful with what I ate.
Ok so now that you’ve got an idea of how to start, I’ll tell you what I did to improve myself during my workouts in later weeks. I added at least 5 pounds of weight every new week until I was lifting close to my maximum weight. I added at least 2 extra minutes every week to my cardio routines until I started doing intense cardio and HIIT’s for 30mins straight. I added new speed and strength training every month to help burn fat faster.
Conclusion
But you know the main thing when trying to make a comeback to the gym is to – actually DO it and not THINK about doing it. For some reason I always got motivated by thinking about it but when time came to do it I was just plain lazy! So my advice to you is to just DO and don’t think about doing it. Your gym workout routines will come naturally.
