Hope your fitness training workout is starting to give you the results you deserve. If not, then stay with the program for a few more weeks and don’t ever give up.  

It is very easy to lose heart and become discouraged but always remember, if it takes you several years to pile on the fat, then why would you be unreasonable about how long it will take you to achieve your weight training or fitness goals?

Having unrealistic goals or unreasonable expectations is not a healthy attitude to adopt. Don’t do that. Learn to manage your expectations and try and enjoy your training.

Give yourself every chance to succeed and sooner or later you will find that it’s no longer a chore trying to get up in the morning to work out or go for a run. Hang in there.

There are certain areas like the waist, stomach and upper legs that needs more weight training to build muscle and lose fat. However, do not focus on those areas in the first few weeks. Leave them until you have build a solid foundation first. Once you have achieved a good level of fitness you will find it very easy to increase your weight or the number of sets and reps you do.

As discussed in the earlier post, focus on compound exercises using free weights if possible. If you don’t have free weights, an exercise machine will work too but it will take a bit longer depending on the exercises you do.

For the first few months, do only the compound exercises and remember to keep increasing the weight, reps or sets. This will increase the intensity and forces your muscles to grow and become stronger to handle the heavier weights or higher intensity. Other ways of improving intensity is to rest for shorter periods between exercises or to try supersets.

The secret to health and fitness is in living the lifestyle that achieves those goals and staying away from bad habits like eating too much, eating the wrong foods, not drinking enough water, not sleeping enough, drinking too much alcohol and so forth.