1. The goal is not relevant. Yes, you gained weight, but when you climb 5 floors, you get out of breath. Or you ran a half marathon, but you can’t do even 20 pull-ups. It happens that you just don’t like your current “aggregate” state. So reconsider your goal! After all, if we’re talking about amateur fitness, and you’re not training to participate in competitions, then what’s the point of all this?
Almost any sport aimed at results leads to an imbalance – you gain new resources, but have to give up some of the old ones.Which of them are important to you and which are not, it’s up to you to decide. So if you’re not happy with the results, then reconsider your goals.
2. It’s too easy for you. You need to be able to distinguish between the beginning of the training process and too little load. Any experienced athlete or coach will confirm that you don’t need to run 10 kilometers, lift your own weight, or swim butterfly for half an hour without stopping from the first day of training. Even if you can.
Consistency is very important in sports.
But if you are not a beginner, and your exercise technique is good, maybe it is really worth increasing the load a little, reducing rest intervals, or adding new exercises?
3. It’s too hard for you. Here the situation is the opposite – by hanging a lot of weights on the barbell, you risk your health, and this is not a metaphor. Too much load entails incorrect technique.Olympic records are only counted if the technique is good.If it “doesn’t work” – reduce the load, work on secondary muscles so that they can support the main one. Or maybe it’s just fatigue? Observe yourself and patch up all the holes in your regime.
Same thing with other types of fitness – shift your focus to additional training in another direction. And if you really want records, then return to the previous program in a couple of weeks.
4. Something hurts. And it’s not a pleasant muscle soreness after pumping up your shoulders, but a sharp pain during or after training. Most often, it’s related to joints – back, knees, elbows, neck. If you notice systemic pain during every training session, it’s time to think about it, and maybe even make an appointment with a doctor. And, of course, stop training according to the chosen scheme.
5. You are bored. This is one of the saddest states.
I’ll tell you from my own experience: before, I could go to the gym 6 days a week.I didn’t need any motivational kicks: after work (and even before it), I would grab my backpack and briskly walk towards the gym.And so it was for several years. I simply loved to work out in the gym, sometimes diluting my workouts with group classes. But somehow I noticed that I was tired of the same training scenarios. The exercises changed, but the monotonous mechanics became boring to me. Boring, even music and audiobooks in headphones did not help. It was hard to admit it to myself, but I was tired of the gym. And I switched to running!
In this regard, my advice: don’t get hung up on it. The world is not limited to just the gym. There are a lot of other sports: swimming, football, horse riding – a lot of everything. If you don’t like one, choose another!
And the last piece of advice from an amateur: do it for yourself, your health and your good mood. It’s your body, and if it’s against it, it’s better not to argue with it. After all, it’s you who will have to live with it, and not the one you’re trying to be like.
