How many people do you know including yourself that go to their fitness club and spend a couple of hours working out. Now if your on a program and taking some coaching then this article is not for you however if you know someone like we all do that kills hours at the gym and then brags about these super long workouts then my question is what are you doing for 2 hours. To be honest unless you have lots of free time and really enjoy hanging out at your fitness centre of choice I really believe your not maximizing the time wisely.

This is not to criticize anyone’s intelligence but to keep that person coming back month after month.

At some point there will be a time crunch meaning family or business will need more of you and the massive amount of time at the gym will be challenged. Also there comes a motivation factor because when you don’t see the desired results, all that time will seem wasted. We have enough trouble being consistent and motivated so don’t throw big obstacles in the path.

Write down your major goal or why you want to workout as there could be a couple of big health reasons for going but then list all the benefits that will come from from achieving this goal. When we know why were doing something the how becomes so much easier and by listing your major purpose and benefits then this becomes a mental pattern. Now going back to the long workouts and the time it can consume as this will be a sticking point. Since there could be several big reasons for going then by listing them in order of importance will help you define your fitness program. This will take the advice of someone with experience such as fitness coach or instructor as they should be able to help you design a fitness program that can be done in 30 – 40 minute workouts. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither should your workout cover everything each visit to the gym.

I’ve spent enough hours at fitness clubs myself and at some point you realize that if this is going to last we need to economize these session’s. Now lets be honest also because people say it get boring but the truth is there is no end to the ways exercise programs can be changed around and with all the new fitness facilities around there is plenty of new equipment to catch your attention. Know what you want to accomplish in a reasonable time frame is key and what you are willing to do to achieve it. Can you break it down to smaller time allotments with some intensity to help manage your time better. If someone goes to the gym and dabbles at exercising by doing a little bench pressing then talking, and a while later some rowing and talking then the hours pass by with no results so you tell yourself it was a waste of time.

Define your purpose with some targets, develop the program into 30 minute or so time frames and pick up the intensity. Now one key factor is if your workout programs has a certain piece of equipment listed and it’s busy then do something similar so don’t just stand there waiting for 5 or 10 minutes. Learning to be flexible and creative which will help speed things up because if you know ahead of time what your going to do then look around for alternatives that suffice so you can keep the program in the time you’ve set. This will keep you coming back and help manage your time so some other part of your life doesn’t have to suffer so be smart and be fit.

Richard

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