Guest post by Kevin Yates, a Personal Trainer In California:
If your home workouts routine isn’t producing the results you want I’m going to reveal the 5 most likely reasons.
I’m going to share 5 reasons why you’re not getting the results you want from your home workouts and how to easily fix each one so you can get on the fast track to achieving your fitness goals quickly.
Not all need to apply to you, but each one that does makes it harder for you to achieve your fitness goals.
5 Reasons Why Your Home Workouts Program Isn’t Working:
1. You’re doing too much cardio in your “fat burning zone”- If you’re trying to lose weight, inches, and stubborn body fat then your goal is to burn as many calories as you can in a 24 hour period. So, why is it that we fall for the “fat burning zone” myth?
I’ll admit there are some benefits to doing some cardio in your “fat burning zone” but if you think about it, the more of this type of cardio you do, the more efficient your body becomes and the fewer calories it burns.
That’s the opposite of what you’re trying to do isn’t it? On top of that, it’s just plain boring and you can make better use of your home fitness routine by performing higher intensity intervals and full-body resistance training workouts can burn more calories both during and after the workout.
You can easily create a highly effective home workouts program using dumbbells, a medicine ball, resistance bands and your own body weight.
2. Your home workouts routine includes too many light weight exercises- There is this old myth about how light weight exercises can help tone and sculpt lean muscles and that if you lift heavier weights you’ll develop big “bulky” muscles. All of this is absolute nonsense!
The plain and simple truth is that if you don’t challenge your muscles to work harder then they’re used to your body will more easily burn muscle rather than fat for energy.
The more lean muscle you have the more calories you burn and the leaner you become and vice-versa. If you burn muscle you’re going to ultimately slow down your metabolism making it easier for you to gain body fat.
Instead, your home fitness program should involve resistance based exercises that challenge you to complete 8-10 repetitions. You won’t “bulk up” but you will develop those lean muscles you’ve always wanted.
3. Your home workouts routine never changes- After a few of the same workouts your body gets used to the same routine and adapts by expending less energy which makes it harder to change your body.
Instead, change up your home workouts routine every time you train. You can change the exercises, order of exercises, reps, how much weight you use, rest periods, etc…
4. You’re focusing on how much weight you lose- This is one of the biggest mistakes I see people make on a daily basis. Let me ask you this…If you had the body like you see on an anatomy chart would you care how much you weigh?
Your body weight doesn’t tell you how much fat you carry. So, you can lose weight by losing lots of muscle and still not look the way you want or fit into the clothes you want.
Instead, your home workouts routine should be designed to burn body fat rather than just losing weight. As you lose the fat you’ll start getting leaner and looking toned.
4. You’re eating too much- The problem with obesity in America isn’t because we eat carbohydrates or fat, it’s because we eat too much period! The bottom line is that if you eat more calories than you burn you’re gonna gain weight no matter what.
From Susan: 100% agreed. In fact, I think this is the #1 reason why Americans are overweight!
Do you really want to work your butt off training only to mess it all up by over eating? That’s a sure fire way to make sure you never see results from your home workouts routine.
Instead, try keeping track of what you eat for 5 days in a food journal. Then add up the total calories and divide that number by 5.
At the end of the 5 days weigh yourself. If your body weight is the same then you know how many calories you need per day to maintain your current weight. If you gained weight you’re over eating.
Make slight adjustments as needed to reach your desired fitness goal. For example, if you want to lose weight and you gained a pound in the last 5 days you’ll need to reduce the number of calories you consume each day by say, 300-500.
5. You’re not including a healthy balance of carbohydrates and fats in your diet-If you believe you need to go on some kind of low carbohydrate or low fat diet I have some interesting news for you.
You don’t.
There’s a reason carbohydrates and fats exist and that’s because your body needs them. Carbohydrates and fats provide the main source of energy during your home workouts and other activities.
Also, most low-carbohydrate and low fat diets are too difficult to stick with over the long-term.
There’s 5 reasons why your home workouts aren’t working. Fix ‘em and watch how quickly you start to get results from your home workouts routine.
Kevin Yates is a home personal trainer for the East Bay, California and the founder of Yates Performance Training. Get lots of information on how you can achieve your fitness goals faster by visiting http://homepersonaltrainer.blogspot.com.
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Susan again. Which one of these mistakes are you making in your home workouts? Perhaps you would like to get started with an easy at home workouts program but you’re not sure where to start? If so, check this out below:
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