The key to working out successfully? Simple: A workout program.
You don’t need the latest fad, CBD oil, or steroids. An individualized workout program will do.
If you go to the gym, you should have a workout program. It’s that simple. As a matter of fact, your lack of workout program might be the reason why you’re not going to the gym in the first place!
I’ll give you a few reasons why.
#1: Your time is precious. Use it effectively.
In the user research for my next company, one person I interviewed mentioned something that caught my attention:
“I don’t have a lot of free time. And much of that free time, I spend in the gym. I recently asked myself: if I’m spending a lot of time working out, shouldn’t I make sure I use that time in the most effective manner possible?”
Yes, absolutely! A workout program will ensure that you use your time in the gym as effective as possible in two ways:
- You won’t lose time thinking about what to do next, because you already know what to do next.
- Ideally, you have a strength coach who knows what he’s doing. By doing the exercises that benefit you the most, and neither under- nor overtraining, you’ll get the most out of your time there.
If you keep going to the gym, but don’t get any results, you might want to change up your program a bit. The human body responds to different triggers, so a little variety won’t hurt. And maybe you’re just doing the wrong things.
Use your time effectively. It’s the most important thing that you have.
#2: What gets measured gets managed.
The above quote from Peter Drucker gets thrown a lot in management studies — but it works for lots of other areas in life, too.
If you walk around without a program, and just do some exercises here, and some exercises there, you’re probably not tracking it. And even if you are, you don’t get good comparison values.
With a designated program, you can see your week-over-week progress, as you’ll be doing the same exercises every week. And if you…
