Energy leeches are everywhere. Lack of energy is such a
common reason for not training by many busy professionals.
You get to mid afternoon and you are running on empty
already and it has only been a few hours since lunch and
your are tired, irritable and frustrated at your lack of
productivity. Going for a workout? Yeah right, your going
home to crash on the couch!
Procrastination is the number one reason cited by people
for not working out, your low energy levels contribute even
more to your procrastination.
Your common energy leeches include, your computer monitor,
the constant barrage of phone calls, or your boss giving
you stress on the latest deadlines. This sucks you dry
leaving you empty and ready for a night in doing nothing
but feeling sorry for yourself. When you don't go and do
your workout, you'll feel even more deflated lowering your
energy levels yet further.
But going to do a workout can actually give you energy!
"yeah right Tim, now you really are talking rubbish!"
Seriously, despite the physical exertion of the workout, or
participating in your sport, the outcome can be a serious
injection of positive energy. The body responds very well
to physical activity, at certain intensities your body will
stimulate the production of endorphins which give you that
feel good glow after a particularly tough workout. This in
itself becomes addictive.
Also by blocking out the energy drains, reducing the time
spent answering the phone, or staring at your computer
monitor, AND, promoting the energy boosts, eating the right
foods, drinking water regularly and never missing a
workout, you'll quickly be full of energy again.
Jon, a very busy executive from a key multinational firm
hated his workouts, at first it was a real struggle to get
him in for our appointments. After a few particularly tough
workouts I started to see Jon in the gym outside of our
pre-arranged sessions. This then developed to almost every
day in the gym. When questioned about this, he simply said
with a smile "I still hate my workouts, I just love the
feeling of finishing!"
This endorphin rush is quite real and can be brought about
easily with workouts at high enough intensities. Many
workouts I see being performed in the gym are just too slow
and ineffective, whats more the low intensity will not give
even a hint of the endorphin hit we are looking for,
instead we are usually bored, demotivated and are
desperately hanging on till the end of your workout.
Doing resistance based workouts with heavy weights for
short repetition ranges are the opposite, and for guys
gives a testosterone boost as well as the endorphin rush. A
workout that utilises large muscle groups, such as squats,
deadlift, push ups, rows and lunges will kick off an
endorphin rush for both male and female exercisers.
Females fear not the bulky muscles, you don't have the
chemical makeup to achieve this, guys work hard and you'll
lose the gut as well as boost your sporting performances
too!
Start today, by getting down to the gym and getting the
advice of a trained fitness professional to show you the
correct form for these fundamental exercises. I promise you
you'll view your workouts with more energy than ever before!
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For a highly effective resistance workout and other time
saving exercises, claim your free e-report "How to lose
weight even when you are really busy" at
http://www.corporateathletehandbook.com/ . Tim Goodwin is
author of The Corporate Athlete Conditioning Handbook and a
fitness professional from Luxembourg, training the busiest
individuals to achieve amateur sporting success and a
healthier body.
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