SETTING UP YOUR WORKOUT SCHEDULE

Creating a workout schedule is a great way to keep a regular routine and to ensure that you achieve your fitness goals. Creating a workout schedule is a great way to keep a regular routine and to ensure that you achieve your fitness goals.

Creating a workout schedule is a great way to keep a regular routine and to ensure that you achieve your fitness goals. Whether you intend to lose weight or build muscle, keeping a schedule is important in keeping and tracking the progress of your goals. 

Creating a workout schedule is a great way to keep a regular routine and to ensure that you achieve your fitness goals. Whether you intend to lose weight or build muscle, keeping a schedule is important in keeping and tracking the progress of your goals. It will also help you make the necessary adjustments on your current workout schedule so you can both fit aerobic activity and weight lifting, which are both important in maintaining weight and improving overall cardiovascular fitness. Make sure that you talk to your physician before taking on a new exercise regimen.

Tips on Scheduling Your Workouts

• Determine your available schedule by blocking the time that you have already allotted for other activities. Come up with a written schedule to help you point out the best times for you to workout. Doing your exercises in early in the evening might not workout for you since you have already reserved this for family time so exercising early in the morning might be the best time for you.

• Set a goal for your workout schedule. It needs to be measurable and attainable in only a short amount of time. You might have an ultimate goal to lose 20 pounds but comes up with smaller ones that will take you a step closer to attaining your ultimate goal, something that you can achieve in a matter of weeks or months.

• Tailor your schedule in order to meet your goal. Whatever your fitness goal is, no matter how big or small it is, it is important that you create a consistent schedule that will meet your goal. This means that you need to workout the same time everyday, or at least the days each week. Once you have created a routine, sticking to your schedule will be easier. Post it in place where you will be constantly reminded.

• Figure out the duration of your workouts. Experts recommend that we do a weekly 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and 120 minutes or more of muscle-strengthening activities that work all major muscle groups including arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, back, hips and legs. You can break up the time into smaller workout routines so you can easily fit them into your schedule.

• Make sure that your workout schedule has a time for fun physical activities. It would be a bore to spend all your exercising days in the gym. During the summer, venture out in the warm sunlight and play ultimate Frisbee or go jogging. During winter, brush up on your aerobics with some cross-country skiing.

Planning Your Workout Schedule
Sit down with a weekly calendar and determine the number of days of the week where you have some spare time to exercise. Decide on what specific type of exercise you want to get into. Weight training will help you build muscle while cardiovascular exercise will help you lose fat.
 

Cardiovascular Exercises

• Integrate 30-minute exercise sessions into your schedule. Experts say that half an hour of daily exercise will be enough for the average person.

• Pick a form of cardiovascular exercise that you will perform on a certain day of the week. You can opt to use the treadmill or stationary bike, go out jogging or swimming, whatever you like.

• Warm up by actively stretching for 5 minutes before you being your cardiovascular exercises.

• Do your workouts at a moderate pace for 20 minutes.

• Follow this up with a 5-minute cool down.

• When appropriate, change up your schedule in order to accommodate longer exercise periods.

Weightlifting Exercises

• Set aside 30 to 60 minutes for weight lifting workouts. If you can focus on your workouts and have short rest periods, you can get a good amount of lifting done in a shorter amount of time. Your rests in between sets should not take longer than 60 seconds.

• Start off by doing total body exercises that are aimed at conditioning all the major muscle groups of the body: the back, lower body and upper body. Balanced development is very important with strength training.

• As you become more experienced with lifting, slowly split your workouts so you can start concentrating on specific muscle groups. A typical split that targets all major muscle groups is shoulder and legs, back and biceps, chest and triceps.

• Rest your muscles in between sessions and give each muscle group at least a day of rest in between sessions. Keep in mind that your muscles will not grow unless they are given time to heal and rest.

• Tailor your workout schedule to best satisfy your fitness goals.

The most important step of all is committing and sticking to your workout schedule. Follow up at least once a month. Know if you are religiously keeping up with your schedule ad measure any of your progress over the past four weeks. This should keep you motivated.

Key Workout Pointers

• Most cardio machines already come with built-in warm-up and cool-down features that will ensure that you prepare your body for your workouts.

• Supplement your weight training with cardiovascular exercises to trim off excess fat and aid in sculpting your body better.

• Expect soreness during your first few sessions. This is a reflection of the efforts of your body to repair and rebuilt your muscles as well as to adapt them to your new workout.

• If you have any condition that will limit or impair your ability to engage in such kinds of physical activity, consult a medical professional before attempting any of these workouts.

With some careful thought, you can come up with a solid workout plan and schedule that will help you stay on track. They can make a very big difference in your focus and consistency. If you are yet to start working out, it is important that you make one before starting. You might also want to make a new one if what you currently have is not keeping you motivated enough.