For a beginner, the very first day in the gym is awkward enough. Beginning a workout program without knowing what you are doing makes it even worse.
Here are the common ten mistakes that you should know about immediately:
1. Holding Your Breath
This one may certainly look like a no-brainer. Don’t forget to breathe when you lift. Whenever you feel that the activity is new for you, you will concentrate more on doing it correctly. During this, you forget the natural things that you need to do. For lifting, the breathing pattern is exhaling on the positive phase and inhaling on the negative phase. Holding your breath causes your blood pressure to raise. If you hold your breath for even a longer time, it may cause fainting.
2. Spotting Incorrectly
Hanging around the gym long enough, you will eventually be asked to spot someone or you may need spotting yourself. If you think you’re going to require a spot, then ask for it. Gym rats are always more than willing to help and it’s better to ask earlier to be spotted than screaming loudly when you get in trouble.
3. Bench Pressing
Don’t pick your feet up from the floor when you bench despite of what it looks like just because someone else is doing it.
Somebody tells you to continue with your feet up, so don’t bend your back while you are doing this movement. But, if you have to bend your back then your benching way is beyond your abilities.
Prefer lighter weight so that your feet are always steadily planted. This prevents you falling from the bench and injuring yourself or others.
4. Worrying That You May Get Too Big
Most women believe that with some gym workouts they will become bulky, but this is completely wrong. If you are seriously thinking that you will become a muscle bound behemoth then you need to use steroids, but in reality there is no need to do that. Just enjoy the harder, leaner, and defined muscles you are getting.
5. Attempting to Spot Reduce
There is no such thing. If you have a tummy, wearing a plastic outfit around your tummy won’t move your legendary fat into equally wonderful abs when you exercise. No one will do 20,000 crunches a day. The only methods to build and observe your abs are workouts and a careful diet. Eventually you will get the strongest, most defined abs in the world.
6. Putting Your Personal Stereo at High Volume
If you don’t like the music in the gym then you can wear a personal stereo. Everybody agrees with the fact that music improves the energy and spirit, but keep it low.
