If you train in a gym or communally you often come across beginners, new to fitness and exercise, who are extremely keen and are ready to take on all challenges with open arms ? and push as hard as they can for as long as they can. Often, such people are convinced they will become ?superfit? and get the bodies of their dreams. That?s the correct attitude to have when you start out but it?s important to learn how to harness all that enthusiasm so that it does not cause you to fail (through overzealous application of your body to the task at hand).
If you are a beginner here are a few things I believe every beginner should be mindful of:
It?s great to see you are keen to turn your fitness around. It may be useful at this early stage of your journey to consider a few important facts so that you don?t waste any of your valuable time, money and energy as you go along the journey ? and so you can actually succeed.
*Be aware that it is almost never necessary for a beginner to use supplements. Supplements will not give a beginner any sort of ?edge? and beginners are not advised to train anywhere close to their maximum capacity. Your soft tissues will not be conditioned for this, neither will your hormonal system, your nervous system or your muscles. So if you are training at well below your maximum all-out ability you are unlikely to come under any sort of nutritional strain.
*Please be aware that a training program which suits a relatively fit person is not appropriate for a beginner. You must follow a program designed specifically for first-time trainees if you are to succeed.
*Even as you progress and develop the only logical and scientifically verifiable use for supplements is immediately after training. Taken at any other time they are just additional calories (much like everything else you eat). The post workout period really suits supplement drinks because that is when your body can assimilate nutrients more quickly and more effectively and that is when a fast-assimilating protein or nutrient source will actually improve recovery ? which is likely to improve your overall development as time goes by.
*Training very hard as a beginner is not very rewarding and many beginners drop out due to burnout, simply because they pushed too hard. The sad thing is that drop-outs who overtrained are usually not aware that overtraining is what caused them to quit ? they often think they just lost interest. That is how overtraining normally presents (a loss of interest) ? it?s very subtle ? like a mild form of depression which intensifies around training time.
*It is a good idea to always feel like you want to do more at the end of your training sessions (but don?t do more). That feeling helps you to look forward to the next session and keeps you going week after week, month after month. You must not train too hard ? especially in your first year. Using a personal example, for the first 10 years of my training I got by doing just a little each day (never more than 15 minutes for the full body) and mainly doing it for enjoyment. I got very fit as a teenager and became well developed for my age. But I only started using light weights when I was 16 ? and even then it was only in my 20s that I really started to challenge myself; when I had a solid fitness base already (I started exercising regularly before I was 10).
*On days when you feel particularly good and are tempted to push harder or further ? DON?T. Always stick to your schedule and be disciplined.
*I know of many people who?ve dropped out of training a number of times before finally getting it right and they often wished they had known the things I?ve just told you beforehand.
So if you are just starting out with an exercise and fitness program good luck with it all and I do hope you maintain your newfound enthusiasm.
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Source: http://newhealthandfitness.org/2012/03/12/commencing-a-training-regime/
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