What not to do before exercising
Physical exercise is essential for healthy living. This is not new, we all know and Makeufits they are discussed every day. However, what we sometimes overlook is that we do both before and after exercise is just as important. Here we will see some examples of what NOT to do before exercising.
Why not to do? Well, basically for training to be effective and complete, that is what we all seek when we train! Because these habits can cause us discomfort, pain and injury while you are exercising.
What not to do before training
Stretching cold
While it is essential to prepare the muscles before starting any exercise, stretching can not be done when our muscles are still cold, it can injure us and in addition, exercises will not have the expected results. What we do have to do? Well, there are several options:
On the one hand, you can warm up with 5 minutes of cardio exercises or light aerobics or slow start during the first 10 minutes if you are running, swimming or biking. The sports physical heating is very important; do not miss our specific advice on warming up.
Overeating
Who do you think of eating a chocolate cake before going to the gym? Overeating or eating too "wrong" before doing any physical activity can be very harmful to our training. Can provoke cramps, feeling slowed down, which implies a workout underused. It is therefore important to monitor what foods consumed before exercise.
What you can eat before training are fresh fruit like an apple, watermelon, orange, raisins, wheat bread sandwiches, cereal with yogurt. Avoid fatty foods because they are slow digestion and could cause you an upset stomach during exercise.
Remember that to have the energy to exercise should not eat a lot right before, but healthy eating throughout the day and, of course, sleep well every night. Thus, we will be with the fuel for exercising properly.
Do not plan ahead
Many believe that working properly is to go to the gym 1 or 2 hours and longer. Error! For our training routine is effective and you can notice an evolution, you must plan each day, wondering what exercises or sports you practice, the intensity and duration, and propose goals for the future. For example, "for a week will do 100 crunches a day." So next week will evolve with a new goal: "150 crunches a day."
This will make your training effective, you will see results and, last but not least, will maximize your time and avoid falling into meaningless exercise routines.
You've learned what NOT to do before you exercise. Now read about common errors after exercise. All this together is an explanation of why the gym sometimes does not give the expected results.
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