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Fitness beginners are going to make mistakes as they get started. However, limiting the amount of mistakes that you make will ultimately allow you to decrease the chance of an injury as well as allow you to receive the maximum amount of results from your exercises. Let’s cover the five most common mistakes the fitness beginner makes in the gym.
Mistake #1: Not Using Weights While Exercising
For a long time, it was believed that aerobics was the optimal form of physical training and that all other methods were a waste of time. However, experts are now suggesting that everyone should be incorporating weight training into their regimens- not just professional power lifters or body
builders. Why is exercising with weights a necessity? Lifting weights is an
excellent way to burn excess body fat and goes hand in hand with most dieting
plans. Simply doing aerobics exercises isn’t enough.
Mistake #2: Not Working Large Muscle Groups
If you are trying to lose a lot of weight, it is recommended that you focus on your entire body. More specifically, you should begin working out your larger muscle groups. For
example, working hamstrings or core muscles will have a more significant impact
on your basal metabolism (which is responsible for weight loss and fat
burning). Simple working out your biceps or triceps isn’t going it cut it if
you are trying to lose weight.
Mistake #3: Not Working Hard Enough
If you walk into a gym, you’ll probably notice that the majority of exercisers aren’t even 
breathing that hard. Why do you think that is? Most of them are either walking on their machines or taking five minute long breaks between each set. Even the people participating in aerobic sessions aren’t sweating that much. Basically, you need to be working as hard as possible if you plan on achieving any significant
in the gym. If you aren’t breathing hard or sweating that much then you are not giving as much as you should.
Mistake #4: Resting For Too Long Between Sets
A lot of people are guilty of this- not only beginners. Granted, professional body builders and power lifters take easily between three and five minute breaks between sets. But they are also trying to build only muscle. Assuming that most beginners are in the gym to lose weight and define their muscles, they shouldn’t take breaks for this long. The goal is to “break down” the muscle and this cannot occur if that muscle is receiving too much of a rest between sets.
Here is an interesting fact: the muscle that you just exercised will regain about half of its initial strength within the first ten seconds after a set. This is why most people take
a few seconds before performing their last rep- to allow their muscle to recover just enough to allow them to do this. At the very most, take between 30 and 45 seconds between each set. This will allow your muscles to achieve the level of physical exertion they are supposed to be at.
Mistake #5: Not Using Proper Form
This is probably the most common mistake performed by newbies. Even the best training programs in the world couldn’t help you if you are using poor technique. In order to gain the
maximum from each and every exercise, you need to be doing it right. Improper lifting techniques will eventually cause you to experience an injury. Studies have even shown that fitness experiences the third most number of people injured than any other sport in the world.
