Most Common Mistakes Women Make When Doing Fitness Training

Listed in the article are some of the top mistakes that women make when training for fitness. Let's see what these are:

- First is that they fail to plan and have any clear cut goals on what they actually want to achieve. I bet you've seen this before when you went to your local gym, women wandering around the machines and picking one here and there to do a few reps on. You see the problem there? You need to have a clear goal, a clear plan of action to reach that particular goal. You must keep accurate records of your sets, exercises and reps. This gives you feedback on what is working and what is not. You are better able to see what needs to be tweaked in your program to get you to the next level.

- In relation to the point above, everyone of us is unique and different. So why would you use a generic exercise program that is not personalized just for you, or customized to your unique needs? It is not uncommon to see women taking some workout program straight from a magazine and follow it religiously every week. Meet instead with a fitness professional that can assess your movement patterns to find your strengths, weaknesses and even your body's imbalances. They can create a personalized program for you to follow on your own.

- Another thing that's common with women is that they concentrate too much on cardio. Cardio is good, but like everything else, too much of the same thing is not recommended. They spend hours on the treadmill as they think it is the best way for them to lose unwanted body fat. They never know the fact that their body is never going to change that way, they are not going to lose any weight, let alone body fat. And they keep going at it until they get frustrated and give up altogether when they don't see any results after weeks of doing it.

So you might be asking by now, "Then what is the proper way for them to lose weight?". The answer to that is Strength training. And by strength training, it means none of those little dumbbells. Ladies fear that they will bulk up and look like a bodybuilder if they lift heavy weights. In fact it is the opposite, it will help them become lean, toned and gain fat-burning muscles which of course as the term suggests, burn any unwanted fats.

- In connection with the above point, a lot of women also tend to do the same kind of cardio training everyday. What's wrong with this? The fact is that your body will adapt to any change in your physical activity after the first month. So if you have been doing the same exercises everyday, you will never see any results after the first month.

What do you do to combat this? Simple. Just make sure you include high intensity, interval training as part of your cardio program. With high intensity interval training, your body will never be able to adapt. You just constantly change the variables of your exercise program. Whether it is your speed, resistance, incline or the interval time, your body will be constantly guessing and as a result, will never be able to reach homeostasis.

There's still a good number of mistakes that women often make but these are some of the top. Be sure to share this information with any of your friends or relatives who you think are committing the same errors discussed in this article.