7 Simple Tips For A Buiding A Perfect Pre-Workout Routine
Although it’s a very small part, pre-gym routines are also crucial to your fitness journey, nutrition, and exercise (but we are not talking about that today). We are talking about how you can build a pre-gym routine to make the most out of your workouts. Building yourself a good pre-gym routine makes a lot of difference in giving you a little push to go the gym and smash your workout and you going to the gym and going through the motions. While you shouldn’t rely on motivation to go the gym, having a good gym routine just makes your whole workout or, dear, I say, fitness journey more enjoyable. Your pre-gym routine should consist of habits that excite you for your workouts; after all, you are going to the gym to work on yourself and improve, so why shouldn’t you enjoy the process? And once you are used to these habits, it will become a routine; you will become disciplined with it and no longer have to rely on motivation to go the gym because, let’s be honest, it ain't gonna be here all the time. So in this blog post, you will learn ways to build a good pre-gym routine to smash your workout in the gym and ultimately achieve your fitness goal.
7 Simple Tips For A Buiding A Perfect Pre-Gym Routine
1) Have your Gym Bag Prepped
Having your gym bag prepped and ready to go makes the process much easier and smoother. You won’t need to waste a couple of minutes putting your gym bag together and then looking for a gym outfit you want to wear before heading to the gym. That’s just creates chaos and disorganization, which you then carry into your workout. This then results in you not having an effective or good workout because you didn’t have a good frame of mind when you started the workout.
2) Fuel your workout
Fuelling your workout means eating enough food to have the energy to work out and give it your all. NOW, I DON’T MEAN EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE. I MEAN EAT NUTRITION-DENSE FOODS that will give you the energy to give it all you have in your workouts. Take me, for example; I eat about 2 to 3 meals before my workout as I want to get the most energy from my meals. My gym routines usually start with breakfast, a snack, and lunch. I do this because I want to eat enough to have enough energy to work out (not just work, but have a good workout).
3) Do something productive
Ok, this might not seem related to workouts or the gym. But doing something productive sets you up for success and puts you in the right frame of mind. You know how making your bed in the morning before going on about your day makes you productive during the day?; this is like that. Making your bed in the morning makes you feel like you have already accomplished something, so you will want to carry that on and not break the streak or momentum throughout the day. When you have done something productive and achieved whatever it is, it makes you feel good and makes you want to keep going. As such, it motivates you to push yourself in the gym in order to achieve your workout goals, just like you had achieved your first goal earlier in the day.
4) Plan your workout
Every time you want to go to the gym, list exercises and how many sets and reps you want to do them for. That way, when you go into the gym, you know exactly what you are doing. Going to the gym without a plan will result in you likely to wander and waste time figuring out what you want to do. And then, you are likely to revert to your default workout, e.g. walking on the treadmill for 30 mins to an hour. Why not make the most out of some of the equipment available to you. During my fitness journey, I would always search on YouTube for workouts to do, and because I didn’t want to be distracted by watching YouTube on my phone, I typed it out on my note app, and they weren’t that many; six exercises for 3 to 4 set of 10 reps. But I made sure that I did every exercise with intention.
5) Set an intention
Set an intention for your workout based on your ultimate fitness goal. You should set a workout intention for each workout; that way, you are going to the gym with a purpose and not going to the gym for the sake of it.. You should know exactly what you want to get out by end of your workout. For instance, if your overall goal is to build strength, your workout intention/purpose can be improving your techniques or form, which will ultimately help you achieve your goal of building strength.
6) Create a bomb Play-list
Listening to music normally improves your mood. However, when it comes to working out, listening to music doesn’t just relieve boredom; it improves the quality of your workout in terms of performance, especially if you have a good playlist on. It can really motivate you to give all. For example, when a song has a strong, steady beat, you can run/work hard to the beat of that music, which tends to feel satisfying and inspires you to work out more.
7) Take a pre-workout
Although it is not a must to take a pre-workout( you can take caffeinated drinks, i.e coffee), taking a pre-workout or caffeinated drinks tends to pump you up. It makes you feel like you can do anything just before you start your gym session because of the caffeine(obliviously, I can hear you saying). If you take 25 to 30 mins, that way, when you get to the gym, you are ready to go but if you take like 35 mins to an hour, the caffeine will wear out before you get to there and if you take it just before the gym like 5 to 15 mins, you will not feel the effect. So I find 25 to mins to 30 mins the sweet spot for taking pre-workout.
That’s it, sweeties, comment below which one you plan on incorporating into your gym routine.