Are you someone who avoids gym sessions because you don’t know how to use the equipment, or feel you intimidated? This year let’s kick it off with heading to the gym with confidence! Here is an easy guide for anyone to follow.
Are you someone
who avoids gym sessions because you don’t know how to use the equipment, or feel you intimidated? This year let’s kick it off with heading to the gym with confidence! Here is an easy guide for anyone to follow.
First things first you must stretch! Grab a mat, sit down and perform some simple stretches. You can also calm your nerves by doing something that feels familiar. Some great examples are below:
Neck stretch:
Sit up tall and slowly roll your neck from side to side. Hold the stretch on each side after a few rounds.
Warm-up with cardio equipment
An exercise bike, treadmill, or elliptical machine are great places to start for some simple cardio. Spend 10 minutes getting warmed up at a steady pace. If you need help operating a machine, the gym staff are usually more than willing to help get you started.
Free weights
After you’ve warmed up, go to the free weights area. Grab a set of dumbbells that suit your fitness level and perform some upper body exercises. If in doubt, always choose a lower weight—good form can be more effective than a heavier weight. Here’s a sample beginner level strength circuit:
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It’s time to go back to the stretching area for a cool down. Hold each stretch for at least 20 seconds. Be creative and make up your own favourite cool down stretch routine. Do what feels best for your body.
- If you’re a gym newbie, the squat machine is a great place to start.
- Perform three sets of 10 squats using a light weight. Other machines to
- consider are the chest press machine, leg press machine, and hamstring curl machine.
- If you’re a gym newbie, the squat machine is a great place to start.
- Perform three sets of 10 squats using a light weight. Other machines to
- consider are the chest press machine, leg press machine, and hamstring curl machine.