BODYBUILDING GOAL SETTING: Many people enter the gym and train to look and feel better – and they achieve this. But their actual stated goals are very vague, or never actually exist at all. They don’t change much from year to year as a result. They’ll always look decent, but they will never have an amazing look to them, the kind of look that is only achievable by making CHANGES to your diet and routine over time, so that you can make changes to the amount of weight you’re moving. Only then do the changes come in terms of muscle size. Let’s examine some of the goals you should possess when it comes to bodybuilding. Health First off, health is and should always be your primary goal. Without it, you have nothing. Never engage in extreme dieting which can clog your arteries, or training which can wreck your joints. Have blood panels run at your annual checkup by a physician. Getting big and strong are nice ways to enjoy a better life, but you need to have that baseline of health in place to enjoy any kind of life at all! Strength Getting strong Everybody wants to do it. You can do it by picking up your couch or your Hyundai by the trunk a few times a week, or you can do it in the gym using a balance training routine which focuses upon heavy compound lifts using a 6 to 10 repetition scheme. Stay consistent and work the entire body. Avoid single 1-rep max lifts with most workouts. Appearance Get Big! It is the goal of most skinny lifters when they first enter the gym. They might not know much about the teardrops of the quads or developing all 3 heads of the deltoids – but they do know that they want to get much bigger, much faster. As you learn about symmetry, the goals become clearer and the training more balanced as a result. You start focusing upon weak areas and highlighting your strengths. The key to achieving the bodybuilding appearance is consistent balance! Cardiovascular Much less measured are the cardiovascular goals held by athletes. Unless you time yourself running the mile, for example, you probably don’t have a great deal of interest in your aerobic capacity. You complete as much cardio is needed to stay lean and healthy – but in terms of performance capability, who cares, right? Actually, measuring and tracking your performance at the simple tasks of walking or running can help you to formulate goals which can make you better in the weight room, and the healthier as well. In other words, you should be making notable progress in the cardio section just as you do in the weight room!
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:19:03 +0000
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