How to Create a Workout Routine That You Want and Can Stick to (Part 2)

As promised in our previous article, here are more tips to help you create a fitness program that you’ll love so you can reach your goals. If you haven’t that post yet, make sure you do. Then come back to this post and read until the end.

1. Vary your workouts

A workout routine can be boring or hard to stick to if each session only targets a specific set of muscles. For example, if you only do strength training, your upper body muscle sores become more painful, recover slowly, and you’ll feel even more demotivated.

It’s important that your exercise session works all the muscles in your body. To do so, divide your session into four parts: Upper body strength training, core strengthening, glute workouts, and lower body exercises. Each part should have at least 2 or 3 exercises.

2. Include a warm up and cool down session

Warmups and cooldowns are essential to every workout routine. The former helps your body get ready to handle the stress of exercising by increasing blood flow through your muscles. It also prevents muscle cramps that cause severe pain in the middle of a session.

Cooldowns help your body properly transition from a highly active state to a resting state. Without cooldowns, you can end up drained after an exercise session. In severe cases, you feel lightheaded and end up fainting. That would discourage you from exercising again.

3. Choose a routine that reflects your fitness goals

If you follow a workout routine that doesn’t help you reach your fitness goals, you won’t have any motivation in doing it. You must create a routine with exercises that would yield the fitness benefits you want.

If you want to have toned abs, make sure to include core exercises. If you want to shape your upper body muscles, do upper body strength training. If you want to have a sexier bum, create a workout routine that includes more glute workouts. But as mentioned in #1, vary your workouts to keep your routine interesting.

4. Record your progress

It’s normal wanting to see if your workout routine is effective. That’s why you must take a photo of your whole body and record your muscle gains or weight loss progress regularly. Keeping track of your progress is one of the best ways to keep yourself motivated in sticking to your exercise routine and doing better. This is because you can visibly see the fruits of your hard work and want more of it.

5. Involve others

For most of us, exercising is boring without someone to do it with. By having a workout partner, you’ll look forward to wearing your fitness apparel and sweat out because you’re not alone in facing physical and mental challenges.

A partner can be anyone. They can be your friend, best friend, neighbor, significant other, family member, or colleague. What’s important is that your chosen partner must be equally as committed as you are. Better yet, they must be even more enthusiastic than you so that when you feel like you don’t want to exercise, they can force you to get off your feet.

It’s easy to love your workout routine. You must pick the best exercises that would help you reach your fitness goals. At the same time, schedule them at the right hours so it wouldn’t hinder your other responsibilities. Lastly, find someone to partner with.

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