The most common mistake of all novice athletes in strength sports is the desire to achieve quick results immediately after starting a workout in the gym. Relief muscles, cubes on the stomach, admiring glances … But this, alas, cannot be achieved instantly. Anyone who wants to become a power sports guru will have to go through a difficult path.
So where do you start?
First, with theory. Study what strength sports, bodybuilding, for example, are and decide for yourself: will you cope with such loads in the gym and do you need it at all?
Secondly, even before the start of training, it is necessary to organize a rather tough daily regimen. Reconsider your lifestyle, you will have to devote a lot of time to sports training.
Thirdly, you will have to radically change your diet. If you want to achieve the desired form in the gym, then you must adhere to the correct diet. Add protein (turkey, fish, chicken breasts, cottage cheese), complex carbohydrates (vegetables and fruits) to the menu. And you should also think about vitamin complexes, collagen, protein, etc. to help the body both build muscle and ensure the healthy functioning of the entire body.
Before starting training, you should analyze the state of your body and decide which set of exercises is right for you. You can calculate your body mass index, daily water requirement or creatine requirement for the loading phase.
Strength training program
Strength training itself should begin with a warm-up, then with simple exercises, do no more than three to four approaches and no more than three times a week for one and a half to two hours. This is only at the beginning, gradually the load, approaches and time will increase.
Ideal if the training and nutrition program will be compiled by a professional instructor especially for you. For the first workouts, you can go to the gym. If this is not possible, then you can organize classes at home. In the sports corner, at first, it will be quite enough to purchase dumbbells with pancakes of different weights and a bench for training. There are a huge number of special simulators in stores today. Choosing the exact simulator that suits you is not an easy task, but it can be done. Numerous advertisements or consultants in specialized stores come to the rescue.
Experts recommend starting with an hour of training at least three times a week, preferably every other day, gradually increasing the strength load and time. If you have everything in order with discipline and self-organization, then it is likely that a new star will light up in the sports power arena soon.
