Why Your Workouts Aren’t Working

Home workouts are convenient, cheaper and even more reliable than workouts done in a gym. Nowadays, people are inclined towards building a personalized gym at home and even opt for fitness techniques like Tai-chi, Yoga and Pranayam which can be done at home. However people at times don’t get desired results or do not find it interesting enough to workout at home. Thus it is important to analyze the reasons for an ineffective home workout routine and remedy them as soon as possible.
A possible reason can be the act of not following exercise and diet regime strictly. People who work out at home often fall short on goals because of their laziness and they exercise freedom on diet and exercise. They may watch a movie or chat on the phone in place of doing exercise at home by giving excuse that they will harder and longer the next day. Obviously, this “next day” never comes. Thus people should be committed towards their exercise and fitness regime and then only desired results can be achieved. One should motivate himself/herself to be healthy as soon as possible. One should set goals and try to achieve them. Forming “fitness groups” and “fitness club” where people who do home workout is an added advantage as it boosts the spirit of a user. The group can encourage you and maintain your motivation to do home workouts effectively. Moreover, you can gain from the experiences and knowledge of other users.

Wrong Choice of Exercises: While performing light weight exercises is beneficial to give definition to your body parts, doing too much light weight training or focusing on wrong parts for too long can also lead to lack of clear results. Make it a point to change your workouts as in a week or so as it may also be a possibility that certain workout s so not work for you. You can keep a record of your workout for 10 days and then see the improvements. If there are no improvements, you must switch over to other workouts that show some results. Thumb rule is to be dynamic and not static. Keep changing workouts for maximum benefits.

Eat Right: Exercise/workouts alone cannot work until and unless you buttress them with appropriate diet. When you are on a stressful exercise routine, you should focus on whole grains, millets, fruits, low fat milk, less salt and sugar, plenty of water should be consumed. Fiber, proteins and carbohydrates are mainly required in large quantity. If you workout hard for two hours and then you feast on pizzas, burgers, pastries and other junk or oily food then you must keep in mind that no matter how much hard you may work, you will never be able to see the results. Simply cut down on your food intake and count your calories.

Set Realistic Goals: Please don’t expect to lose that stubborn fat in just few days. You have put on weight in years or may be months, so you must also devote equivalent   time in loosing weight. If you set up unrealistic targets then definitely you won’t get results and you will be discouraged to workout further. Workouts and diet should be done in a balanced way and you should expect just a little weight loss every month. Maintain a diary where you can record your daily meals and workouts and set realistic and achievable targets.
If you work on the problems given above, you can easily make your workout routine much more effective.