Getting started on a new exercise regime is a daunting prospect. You know it’ll hurt, you know you’ll have to drag yourself there on occasion and the prospect of spending your time sweating among all those toned and muscled Adonises is quite an intimidating one. So follow our top 10 tips for those gym beginners among you and you’ll find your workout goes without a hitch. For more information about fitness supplements visit sfgate.com.
SET REALISTIC GOALS
It may take some time to get the results you want. It’s vital to break your ultimate goal down in to stages and set lots of smaller goals to keep you motivated along the way.
BE CONSISTENT
Results come through regular and consistent activity. Stick to your programme and avoid frequent stops and starts.
TOO MUCH TOO SOON
Do not increase the amount of exercise you do too soon. Increase what you’re doing by no more than 10% per week.
ACCEPT FEELINGS OF DISCOMFORT
When you first start exercising you’ll experience feelings of discomfort such as shortness of breath, sweating and aching muscles after exercising. Don’t worry, this is completely normal and everyone feels like this when they’re first starting out.
TRAIN WITH A FRIEND
Training with a friend not only keeps you motivated during the sessions themselves but will also make you less likely to miss a planned session as you’re unlikely to want to let down your friend.
WARM UP
Not warming up is a mistake many beginners make. Before any session ensure that you warm up thoroughly and mobilise the areas that you will be using during the workout. Furthermore, failure to warm up properly may increase the risk of injury.
TIME OF DAY
We are all different. Some of us rise early and some of us go to bed late. Exercise at the time when you feel that you have most energy.
WILL POWER
Don’t give up. All beginners have set backs on the way to achieving their goals. Accept them and use them to re-motivate yourself.
WATER
Ensure you drink plenty of water, before, during and after exercise, particularly if you are exercising in warm conditions or for long periods. Dehydration will result in a drop in performance and severe dehydration can be dangerous too.
TRY SOMETHING NEW
Keep things interesting by trying new exercises, workouts and activities to keep your programme fresh, keep challenging your body and preventing boredom.
Nice! Now time to make a new one and get there SOONER! 🙂
If it weren’t for time constraints, I’d have gone through the whole thing (or die trying!) much earlier. I’ve gone up to the Goblin Foundry and think I could have made it past there, if not for a missed Concussive Shot and a bit of newbishness of my part in not pulling the mob farther away from the boss to cater for such a situation…
And it was not even twinked, save for a +5 AGI and +3 INT chants, the remaining gear was plain AH greens with a +16 armor kit at best…
It’s a lot of fun, but requires a LOT of time and hunters get to do it better than other classes because we can tank, heal and DPS *AND* we can see incoming patrols on the minimap before they get to us! 😉
Of course, doing it after 30~32 is even better: you get FD @ 30 and, by the time you hit 32, you can have both Intimidation and 2/2 Bestial Discipline…
I’ll have to give it another try one of these nights, even though I’ll probably need to negotiate a temporary disable of my parental controls as 2.5 hours won’t get me to the end, unless I try and FD my way to the bosses! 🙂
Congrats! That was a full day indeed.
very nice…1 question what addon are you using that tells you the item value off the loot..not rating buster but the 1 beneath that tells you the ammount off bids and the ammount was sold for in AH?
@ Anonymous – it’s called “Auctioneer”
thanks and dam fast response 😀