4 Pillars To Make Fitness Progress
So you've decided to take your fitness seriously, congrats! Before you go all-in and make a bunch of mistakes, make sure you read this. These are the 4 pillars that you need in your life to make fitness progress.
If you only utilize 1-3 of these components, you will limit your potential, and potentially get hurt.
#1- Safety
If you get injured, you're going to lose progress. You HAVE to prioritize safety above all else when you're in the gym. If something doesn't feel right, you're better off listening to your body and taking it easy. Worst case scenario is you could've went harder that day, but when you get hurt, it's mentally and physically tough to get back to the same level of fitness.
#2 Effort
Training safe doesn't mean taking it easy. You have to work out, and work out HARD to maximize your progress. You should be striving for more reps, sets, heavier weight, better control, less rest, or some combination of all of those each workout. Will you achieve that all the time, NO. But that should be the goal every time you walk in the gym for at least the first 1-3 years of training.
#3 Enjoyment
You have to actually like what you're doing in the gym for it to work. Of course there will be exercises you enjoy more than other (whatever you're good at you'll like), but for the most part, you should look forward to going to the gym. Fitness is a life-long journey and has many components, there's no reason you should dislike going to the gym, there's something there for EVERYONE.
#4 Consistency
So you're safe, train hard, and enjoy working out. Is that enough to make gains...NOPE. You have to do it consistently. Someone that does everything wrong and is consistent will make more progress than someone who is inconsistent and does everything right. You have to put in your time...there's no way around this.
When you tie all of these components together, you'll notice your muscle mass go up, body fat go down, and you'll get stronger.
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