To lose weight effectively, you're obviously going to have to change your lifestyle. Also, not only does your lifestyle change, so does your body...in a positive way (weight loss, fat burn, muscular physique, etc.), and also possibly in a negative way (which would be J.I.M.). In this article, I'm going to talk about the negative effects on your body and how not to let J.I.M. ruin your efforts to lose weight, burn fat, and gain lean muscle.
What's the burning question running through your mind right now? Is it...what the bleep is J.I.M?! Okay, calm down, I'm going to explain. J.I.M. is:
Sore Joints
Possible Injury
Sore Muscles
Those three culprits which form J.I.M., could keep you from losing weight, burning fat, and getting into the best shape of your life. You must take great care of your body to prevent and fix those problems before they get even worse, which could ultimately keep you from physical activities all together.
Let's talk about prevention. I love prevention. I basically live my life in prevent mode. I drive safe (prevent accidents), I eat healthy (prevent diseases), I go to the gym early (prevent being stuck in a crowded gym and not get access to equipment), etc. Prevention is so important to your fitness efforts. It will cause your muscles to grow more rapidly, and it will keep J.I.M. away. One very important prevention tool is stretching. You MUST stretch after every exercise you do. I do not know how hard I can stress that point...except by putting it in bold letters...YOU MUST STRETCH AFTER EVERY EXERCISE!!
Before you start your weight training routine, you should do at least 3-5 minutes of cardio which will warm up your muscles. I recommend for you to stretch after every set you do within each exercise. Because your muscles tighten up, stretching them after each set will help in restoring them and preventing injury and soreness. A word of caution: Do not stretch, or let alone exercise if you have had a recent fracture, you're experiencing sharp pains, ligament sprains, and muscle strains, soreness, or inflammation.
Also, when you are weight training, it is extremely important to have proper form!!! I can't begin to count how many times I've seen in my gym, some guy standing in front of the mirror with this serious warrior facial expression, and swinging dumbells back and forth like he was about to roll a bowling ball! Apparently, I think they thought their biceps were being worked? You must have proper form when weight training. Having proper form will for one prevent a host of possible injuries and muscle soreness, but will also burn fat faster and give you rapid muscle growth. There are a ton of online forums, magazines, programs, and books that can show you the proper form you should have for particular exercises.
Hopefully you don't get to this point, and that point would be injury. If you are injured you must not exercise. Exercising on top of a injury, will, you guessed it, make it even worse and harder/longer to get fixed. Go to your doctor, physical therapist, etc. to get checked out to see what you're going to need. More than likely, one of the first things your doctor is going to say is rest...and make sure you do so. Not having proper form, and not stretching are two of the most common culprits for injury, so please take heed.
Don't let J.I.M. ruin your weight loss, muscle building, and fat burning efforts. As I always say, take care of your body and it will thank you.
Are you you ready to "lose weight"now? To get started, or to improve your current weight loss efforts, I recommend for you to take a look at this powerful fat burning program. This program is straight to the point and is not your typical "low calorie", "no carb", "don't eat anything all day" type of diet.
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