If you are like a lot of people, you get all set to go to the gym and workout, knowing that it will make you feel more energetic and fit, but then just as you are getting ready, you get fatigued and are no longer motivated to go to the gym anymore.
Well here are a few ideas that will allow you to keep that energy level up and get you to the gym more often.
Motivation: Although this may be the most difficult roadblock for most people trying to get into a routine of going to the gym on a consistent basis, it is also the easiest, and cheapest way to get you to the gym as well. Why is it a double-edged sword to so many?
Motivation can be a powerful form of energy that can have you up and pumping iron at a moments notice, while the lack of motivation can stop you in your tracks with keys in hand, making you not to want to go anywhere, much less a gym. Just try to keep in mind that a motivating reason can come from almost anywhere.
That reason can be anything from wanting to get in shape for yourself, not to mention how it would make others look at you, or from memories of being too fat or too skinny, or you have read too many Superman comics and want to be able to rip doors off their hinges and lift cars by their bumpers.
Try to use anything that will get you that bit of motivation to step outside and go to the gym. You will be happy that you did.
Music and Videos: The music and videos can be a big form of motivation. There are a lot of people who find that they are ready to take on the world just by listening to a song from a movie, like Rocky.
Whether it is the theme song from the original movie or one of the many throughout the years, it may help. If you have the time, you could even watch a movie or a few video clips before you hit up the gym. Also, there are some hard rock, techno, rap, and even some classical songs have an energizing effect. If it works, use it.
Caffeine: Caffeine is probably the most popular energy source of all time with its widespread availability. You can get it from coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks. It is highly effective in raising your energy lever before a workout because of the speed in which it takes effect.
Caffeine also can increase your mental awareness. However, on the other side, caffeine effects are strictly a quick boost of energy and may also make your energy level crash when the effects wear off.
Energy Supplements: Energy supplements like White Flood and NO-Xplode, just to name a few, are designed to provide a quick boost of energy because they use powerful stimulants in these products that are fast acting. Unlike caffeine though, you will generally have less of a crash time after your workout, which may be another way to get you back into the gym.
Multivitamin or Vitamin-B: Vitamin-B is considered “the energy vitamin” because it is responsible for an essential part in the chemical reaction that creates energy from the food that you eat to the muscles.
Along with vitamin-B, your body uses a lot of other different vitamins and minerals when you are working out. You can begin to feel fatigued when these vitamins become depleted and you will no longer be capable of performing as well as you should be able to.
Eat A Meal Or Snack: The foods that we eat provide our body with the largest source of daily energy. Everything that we eat is turned into energy. Energy that is contained in food is expressed in calories.
Therefore, the more calories that we consume, the more energy our body creates, but if we fail to use all of that energy after we eat, our body will begin to store that excess energy as body fat to be used at a later time. Therefore, this becomes a major reason to watch what you eat as well as a reason to go to the gym and work off what we ate.
Fruits: Bananas, pineapples, watermelons, and mangoes rate just as high as granulated sugar when it comes to energy making. Although, fresh fruits contain fiber and various vitamins and minerals which make them a much more healthier choice when compared to plain sugar.
Water: Water is surely one of, if not “the” single most important nutrient for our bodies to perform at top efficiency. During a daily workout, you can lose about 4-8 cups of water by sweating. If you begin to feel light headed, nauseated, or even dizzy, then your body may be low on water.
These symptoms are signs of dehydration, which could possibly increase to heat exhaustion. You will begin to feel weaker and you also will no longer be getting all that you can out of your workout. No matter what else you do, if your body runs out of water, you can no longer make energy either.
Eight to ten cups a day is recommended on a daily basis, but if you are going to be working out, them more would be necessary.
Well here are a few ideas that will allow you to keep that energy level up and get you to the gym more often.
Motivation: Although this may be the most difficult roadblock for most people trying to get into a routine of going to the gym on a consistent basis, it is also the easiest, and cheapest way to get you to the gym as well. Why is it a double-edged sword to so many?
Motivation can be a powerful form of energy that can have you up and pumping iron at a moments notice, while the lack of motivation can stop you in your tracks with keys in hand, making you not to want to go anywhere, much less a gym. Just try to keep in mind that a motivating reason can come from almost anywhere.
That reason can be anything from wanting to get in shape for yourself, not to mention how it would make others look at you, or from memories of being too fat or too skinny, or you have read too many Superman comics and want to be able to rip doors off their hinges and lift cars by their bumpers.
Try to use anything that will get you that bit of motivation to step outside and go to the gym. You will be happy that you did.
Music and Videos: The music and videos can be a big form of motivation. There are a lot of people who find that they are ready to take on the world just by listening to a song from a movie, like Rocky.
Whether it is the theme song from the original movie or one of the many throughout the years, it may help. If you have the time, you could even watch a movie or a few video clips before you hit up the gym. Also, there are some hard rock, techno, rap, and even some classical songs have an energizing effect. If it works, use it.
Caffeine: Caffeine is probably the most popular energy source of all time with its widespread availability. You can get it from coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks. It is highly effective in raising your energy lever before a workout because of the speed in which it takes effect.
Caffeine also can increase your mental awareness. However, on the other side, caffeine effects are strictly a quick boost of energy and may also make your energy level crash when the effects wear off.
Energy Supplements: Energy supplements like White Flood and NO-Xplode, just to name a few, are designed to provide a quick boost of energy because they use powerful stimulants in these products that are fast acting. Unlike caffeine though, you will generally have less of a crash time after your workout, which may be another way to get you back into the gym.
Multivitamin or Vitamin-B: Vitamin-B is considered “the energy vitamin” because it is responsible for an essential part in the chemical reaction that creates energy from the food that you eat to the muscles.
Along with vitamin-B, your body uses a lot of other different vitamins and minerals when you are working out. You can begin to feel fatigued when these vitamins become depleted and you will no longer be capable of performing as well as you should be able to.
Eat A Meal Or Snack: The foods that we eat provide our body with the largest source of daily energy. Everything that we eat is turned into energy. Energy that is contained in food is expressed in calories.
Therefore, the more calories that we consume, the more energy our body creates, but if we fail to use all of that energy after we eat, our body will begin to store that excess energy as body fat to be used at a later time. Therefore, this becomes a major reason to watch what you eat as well as a reason to go to the gym and work off what we ate.
Fruits: Bananas, pineapples, watermelons, and mangoes rate just as high as granulated sugar when it comes to energy making. Although, fresh fruits contain fiber and various vitamins and minerals which make them a much more healthier choice when compared to plain sugar.
Water: Water is surely one of, if not “the” single most important nutrient for our bodies to perform at top efficiency. During a daily workout, you can lose about 4-8 cups of water by sweating. If you begin to feel light headed, nauseated, or even dizzy, then your body may be low on water.
These symptoms are signs of dehydration, which could possibly increase to heat exhaustion. You will begin to feel weaker and you also will no longer be getting all that you can out of your workout. No matter what else you do, if your body runs out of water, you can no longer make energy either.
Eight to ten cups a day is recommended on a daily basis, but if you are going to be working out, them more would be necessary.
