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    Top 10 Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your Workouts

    GloriaBy Gloria13 June, 20117 Mins Read
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    The other day a close friend of mine was complaining about the group training sessions at her local gym. In fact, she was considering leaving the gym and finding somewhere else to work out. The problem . . . women who, whether it’s intentional or not, slow down the session by engaging the trainer in conversation, asking needless questions, socialize with each other, complain about the pace of the workout, and so on.

    I’ve seen quite a bit of this myself in gyms, both in group sessions – particularly small groups, and also with women working out on their own. It comes with the territory. And quite frankly, it’s the responsibility of the trainer to keep things in check for the benefit of the whole group. If he or she isn’t doing that then the bottom line is they’re not doing their job properly.

    Having been involved in training women for a while now, I’ve learned that even among women who actually make the effort to get down to the gym on a regular basis, there are those who are very serious and motivated to work hard to get to their goals, and then there are those who are simply going through the motions. And of course you have cases everywhere in between as well.

    A good trainer needs to know how to push her clients to achieve things they normally can’t do on their own. Things they never even thought they could do. This isn’t always easy though, because everyone has their own unique personality and therefore has to be approached differently.

    But let’s forget about trainers for the moment, and let’s talk about you. If you’re serious about achieving your goals, whether it’s to lose weight, to tone up, to improve your fitness, or whatever, it’s important that you take responsibility for your own training to some extent.

    There will be times when you need to work out alone. There will be times when your trainer is a little soft and allows you or your group to slacken off a little too much. There will be times when you may be working out in a large group, so your trainer won’t be able to keep a close eye on you and push you hard.

    If you’re serious, you won’t allow your success to lie in someone else’s hands, or to be held back by outside influences.

    Sure, having a trainer is great, but at some point you also need to be able to step up on your own when the need arises and ensure the job gets done.

    So, how to do that?

    Start by looking at your own work ethic in the gym. Are you a worker, or a staller? Be honest with yourself. Do you push yourself hard in the gym, or are you really pretty casual about things? Do you treat your training sessions more like a social event?

    If you don’t treat your workouts seriously, you’ll most likely end up like so many women who go to the gym very regularly but still see little to no results in the mirror. Here are 10 useful tips for you to keep in mind, to make sure that you keep yourself honest:

    1. Control your socializing

    There’s nothing wrong with socializing at the gym, just don’t do it during workouts. By all means, chat away before and after your sessions. But treat your training time as holy – you’re not there to make friends, you’re there to make progress. If you’re around women who like to talk and gossip during workouts, politely tell them that you’d be happy to sit down with them over a juice after the workout, but that you really want to focus all your energies on your training until then.

    2. Don’t tolerate a slacker group

    If you find yourself in a workout group that’s very distracted and wastes a lot of time with irrelevant questions and dawdling, do something about it! Realize that they’re holding you back and keeping you from your goals. Talk to the trainer about it, and if she doesn’t do anything about it, change groups or change gyms.

    3. Assess your performance

    Do you ever find yourself reflecting on a workout session you just did, thinking deeply about how hard you pushed yourself? Well, you should. Women who aren’t that serious about their progress are rarely hard enough on themselves to ask questions such as this.

    4. Correct your weaknesses

    The same goes for areas of improvement. Get into the habit of critiquing your workouts and pledging to correct any weak points in your next workout. Remember that you should be aiming to make constant improvements.

    5. Extend yourself

    Remember that the aim of each workout isn’t just to raise a sweat so that you can feel good about yourself and tell all your friends that you work out. It’s to extend yourself, to improve in some way. If each of your workouts is pretty similar in content, quantity and difficulty, then your body isn’t growing or improving, and you’re not getting the most out of your training.

    6. Work!

    Are you working out mainly for the “pose” value? My business partner, Fabian, used to laugh about one of his old neighbors who had a weight bench in his garage gym. He’d get all dressed up in his workout gear, but Fabian only ever saw him sitting on the bench, talking to his friends – never actually doing anything. Now, this guy is a pretty extreme case, but does he sound a bit like you, at least some of the time, when you’re working out alone?

    7. Quit stalling

    If you find the going a little too tough at any point during a workout, don’t stall by asking your trainer a question or using some other diversionary tactic to slow the pace. If you can’t do it, you can’t do it, that’s fine. But own it – admit to yourself that you’ve reached your limit. At least it will drive you to try harder next time.

    8. Learn about yourself

    You can really learn a lot about yourself while you’re working out. Sometimes you walk away from a workout feeling disappointed for not having tried harder. That’s OK. Don’t beat yourself up over it – just use it as motivation next time. When you walk away from a workout knowing that you gave it your all, you feel great about yourself. Savor that feeling and be proud of yourself – it’s a huge reward.

    9. Find a compatible workout partner

    If you’re the competitive type, find a workout partner who’s the same and work together to push each other competitively. If you’re not the competitive type, find a workout partner who’s the same and support and encourage each other. It’s simply a matter of doing what works for you.

    10. Find your “why”

    You’ll never push yourself in any area of life without a good reason. Find the deep-seeded reason for why you’re working out and meditate on it daily. Look deep within yourself, it has to be real and it has to be personal and specific. Vague cop-outs like “because I want to lose weight” won’t cut it.  How exactly, and why, do you want your life to change?

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    Gloria Kaneko is a lifetime 100% natural IFBB Figure athlete, certified gym instructor and personal trainer, and fitness model. She has also studied clinical psychology, is an NLP Master Practitioner, and has several certifications in Hypnotherapy and the Silva Method. Gloria is a co-owner and co-founder of Million Dollar Baby Fitness.

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