How to Begin Body Building: Tips for Success

Bodybuilding Plan

The hard way means to go into the gym and start pounding the weights and equipment without knowing how to use it. The best way, or the easy way, is to prepare a proper well etched out plan for yourself. Start with a solid workout plan and get it all written down on paper.


Bodybuilding - Do Not Give Up

Preparing a workout plan is in many ways comparable to the sort of New Year resolution planning we all tend to do. Of course most of us tend to give up the resolutions within a day or two, but to achieve a well sculpted body there is no giving up.

Promises, also, are hard to keep, simply because we tend to make difficult promises. Most of us do not stick by the resolutions we make at the beginning of the year because our goals are not realistic. When we promise to quit smoking in the new year we ignore the fact that giving up smoking is a gradual process and needs time.

So the smart way to give up smoking would be to smoke about 4 cigarettes a day, then bring it down to 2 and so on. There is no point expecting to give up smoking just like that simply because we have promised to.



Bodybuilding Goal

Similarly, when you plan your bodybuilding regime keep in mind that it needs a set of achievable goals to really work out. You wont turn into a Stallone in a month so don't expect to. Give yourself a relaxed time limit of 6 months for that. Also, remember when you are just beginning you will not have the kind of stamina a professional athlete or an experience bodybuilder will have so don't get disheartened if you can't keep up. You have nothing to prove to anyone else so relax and progress slowly



Bodybuilding Regime

When you start your regime keep it to no more than 2 days in a week.
-Make sure you have at least 2 hours of time so that you don't have to hurry through the workout.
-Start with a few cardio exercises so as to charge your muscles up.
-Spend a bit of time on the treadmill or try some spinning, anything that will pump up your heart to about 80% of its usual capacity is a good choice.
-If you don't want to begin with the cardiovascular exercises make sure you do them after your exercise regime so as to help your body burn more fat.