How should a very beginner start in fitness or start going to the gym? you will listen to many people about different gym rules and gym etiquette you should do this behave in a certain manner or much more advice. But did you ever questioned them except all this advice on what should you actually do after joining a gym? on what should you actually focus on?
Most people will say go a fat loss if you are chubby or go for a muscle-building program if you are skinny, which is absolutely fine and a great way to start with, but fitness is not just about muscle building and fat loss there are many more important aspects in fitness with zigzfit we will show you all of them.
A beginner, first of all, should look for his or her weaknesses for this you can take the help of your trainer or any fitness and health professionals. The weaknesses here are not referred to as any muscular weaknesses these are referred to as postural imbalances. your posture is your foundation if you want to build a castle the primary step is to have a strong foundation it’s that simple. some of the postural imbalances are as below :
After getting diagnosed by your fitness professional if you are perfectly fine and your body has a perfect posture then it’s great you can proceed forward but if you have any imbalances first of all we need to work on them and this Is a serious concern to work on. An individual with postural imbalances will have a different training protocol, his workout schedule will consist of corrective exercises and strength-building exercises.
Now after fixing all that stuff a beginner needs to start with resistance training and gain some strength. From human evolution, our holy soly goal was to gain strength and become more functional and powerful, resistance training will help you a lot with this. Resistance training will not just help in building muscles but will also help u lose your excess body fat.
In resistance training, a beginner should be learning the basic exercises and mastering the compound movements like deadlifts, squats, bench press, shoulder presses, etc. These compound movements will not just help you in getting strong but will also help you to understand your body better. first 6-12 months a person should learn these basic movements and then for the first 2-3 years focus on gaining strength because fundamentally if you want to gain muscles you have to lift heavy and safe preventing yourself from injuries and these guidelines remain the same for both males and females.
The importance of resistance training for females.
For females resistance training is a blessing this will not just make them strong but also improve their lives many folds. with training, many complications can be prevented like :
- Abnormal menses
- Osteoporosis
- Hormone imbalances
- PCOS
- PCOD
- Muscle loss
etc, the conclusion is that the best gift ever a woman can gift herself is resistance training. So start with your fitness journey in the right direction have a nice and experienced trainer with you on this journey who can guide you right. stay away from the people and trainers who will suggest you shortcuts to reach your goals, the shortcuts will be like having certain kind of performance-enhancing drugs and having ZYX tablets but the bitter truth of life is you have to work your ass off to reach your goals and there are no short cuts this principle is not just limited to the gym but remains same in life also, NO PAIN NO GAIN.
I wish you the best of luck with your fitness and life goals zigzfit will always be with you in your journey not just limited to your gym journey but also with you in your life journey.