However, the key is to make a plan and stick with it. For most workout plans, your results may dip after the initial run and so you’ll want to make sure that you enjoy what you’re doing to see the best results. It will also help to have a support system to help you through when things get tough.

There are a few tips and tricks that you can incorporate into your daily routine to help you stick with a workout plan long term and enjoy the results that you’ll see once you do! It’s never too late to get started and improve your well being!

1.   Decide What Your Fitness Goals Are

Just like it’s essential to find the best type of exercise and workouts, you’ll need to decide what your fitness goals are. This will play a big impact on how often you work out and the types of exercise that you incorporate. If you’re just starting out on your fitness journey, it’s always a good idea to get outside and start moving. Whether you go for a walk every day, play tennis, or incorporate some weight lifting into your routine.

2.   Schedule Your Workouts in Advance

At the beginning of every week, it’s important to have all of your workouts ready to go for the rest of the week. Have them printed out or ready to access on your phone. Instead of having to spend extra time every day frantically trying to figure out what you’re going to do, you’ll just have to look at your calendar and get right to it.

This will also make it easier to stay motivated when you’re having a hard day. Once you’ve completed a workout, check it off your list, call a friend and tell them what you did or do a little happy dance of your own. It’s important to celebrate the small wins and every single achievement that you make during your fitness journey.

3.   Determine the Best Types of Exercise for You

It’s important to incorporate exercises that you enjoy. If you hate what you’re doing chances are, you’re not going to stay motivated and not stick with your workout plan for the long run. Which in turn won’t produce the results that you’re looking for. For example, you can check out Schwinn’s coolest equipment. They have so many different pieces of exercise equipment so you’ll be able to find something that you enjoy doing while getting the results that you want.

A few other types of effective and fun exercise include:

• Cycling
• Running
• Weightlifting
• Aerobics
• Swimming
• High Intensity Interval Training
• Yoga
• Walking

By taking the time to identify the best types of exercise that you enjoy, you’ll be setting yourself up for success. If you love what you’re doing, then you’re going to want to keep doing it every day, and that is when the results start to come.

So, don’t rush the process of finding some good exercise types that you enjoy. In fact, take some time to try out a few so you can determine which you like the most.

4.   Be Patient with Yourself

It takes time to see results when you incorporate a new workout routine. It can be daunting to start something new and even more frustrating when you’re sweating and working hard every day without any results. However, remember you are in this for the long run and will start to see results soon enough.

Celebrate every small win or milestone as you go along to make it easier. The best things in life take time but are definitely worth it, so don’t give up!

5.   Take Time for Recovery

One of the most important things you can do when you’re planning out your workout schedule is to incorporate rest days. Your body can’t be going 100 miles an hour all the time, and it’s important that you take the time to recover and listen when your body needs a rest.

There will also be times when you don’t feel like working out, and that’s ok! You can either cut back that day and do an easier or lighter workout or just take another rest day if you’re really not feeling up to it.

6.   Find a Workout Buddy

If you have a hard time getting yourself to workout alone, find a friend or family member to do it with you. Chances are there is someone in your life who is looking to get in better shape and would love to workout with you. This will help to motivate you both and actually get you to the gym. If you don’t have anyone who lives close, you could always do a virtual workout together by using the same video. If you have a great network of family and friends, this is the time to use it and get their support!

7.   Don’t Compare Yourself with Others

If you’re working out at a gym it can be so hard not to compare yourself to others. Especially if their workout plans seem more intense than yours. The key is to remember that you’re on your own journey. You have no idea how long they’ve been working out regularly or what their fitness goals are.

Embrace the accomplishments that you achieve each day and tune out what everyone else is doing. Remember, you’re all there working on becoming healthier and living a better life, and that’s all that matters.

Stick with Your Goals

So, no matter if you’re just starting on your fitness journey or looking to try something new it’s essential to have a plan for the best results. With so many resources readily available you’ll be able to find guidance on how to stay focused and create a workout plan that works!

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Full Interview With Software Developer Turned Fitness Athlete, Shweta Mehta.

What sort of calisthenics exercises do you include in your training? And what body parts are they for?

You need good upper body strength and a very strong core to perform calisthenics and calisthenics helps you build your upper body and core. Yes it’s a parallel process.

I am not doing complete calisthenics practice nowadays, I have given a break to it as I am concentrating on muscle building with the help of weights. However I still use a few exercises to get the benefits.

A few of them are:

• Weighted headstand to build core
• Hand stand walk for concentration and balancing
• Hand stand pushups for shoulders and arms
• Various L-sits for arms and core
• Bar balancing, one arm and isometric pull ups, hanging or upside down crunches and more.

Why do you choose to use calisthenics exercises in addition to weights?

The main reason I use calisthenics is because it maximizes strength. It makes the body work as an integrated unit and not concentrate on an individual muscle.

Almost all the bodyweight exercises are compound exercises.

Secondly, it helps you to keep a watch on your body fat and weight always, because the goal of calisthenics is to master lifting one’s own body. So you can’t set a goal of playing on the bar without taking care of your weight. Basically you can’t let yourself get fat and still plan to do one arm pull-ups.

Lastly, bodyweight training doesn’t require much equipment so I am not dependent on gym during the holidays and when I travel. I still work on my whole body with this training and not only cardio.

Were you intimidated the first time you went into a gym? Do you think many girls are?

Yes of course, I remember that day very well. I didn’t feel good in gym clothes, actually no clothes used to fit as they fit now.

I also remember the initial days of my swimming classes, it was so embarrassing to get into a swimsuit with a chubby body.

But I also wanted a bikini body and one day, I stopped seeing myself in the mirror and decided to just work on my body for a few months. I kept on working out hard with clean food and yes I got rid of that embarrassment.

I smile when I think about my initial days in the gym. I would also like to add that I used to skip the day when I had push ups planned, I used to find it soo hard to do even 5 push ups. And now, I can do 50 plus in one stretch and it definitely feels good.

And yes I think many girls share the same feelings which I did. Many of them have body image issues, eating disorders and lack of confidence. And for a fact, over weight people are always used as a subject for comedy in real life.

I would suggest forgetting everything and just give it a try, everyone has to start at a point. It’s never too late to start something new.

What are some great exercises that you do for your core and abs?

I perform abs twice a week and not more than 20 minutes per session. You work on your core automatically if you lift heavy, while performing compound exercises and while performing calisthenics.

Whenever I perform, I prefer supersets. I am mentioning 2 of them below:

• 5 * 20 weighted cable crunches

Superset

• 5 * 20 in-out abs

Superset

• 5 * 10 full sit ups on declined bench

OR

• 5 * 20 weighted cable crunch

Superset

• 5 * 20 Leg Hip raises

Superset

• 5 * 20 Flutter Kicks

I also include hanging leg raises, planks, stability ball crunches, weighted ab machine etc. The only thing I make sure is I make it intense by doing supersets and perform them after any weight session. I do not include any exercise for obliques.

What are some of your favourite exercises for building your glutes and hamstrings?

• Squats
• Single Leg Curls
• Stiff Legged Barbell/Dumbbell Deadlifts
• Push Downs on assisted chin up machine
• Plyometrics.

What does a typical leg workout look like for you?

My typical leg workout is always about one muscle group. I split my leg workouts in three day sessions. So basically I have three leg day sessions a week but I target different muscle groups on each day.

• Monday is always quadriceps day.

Typical Exercises are Squats, Lunges, Leg Extensions, Leg Press along with other exercises.

• Thursday is always Hamstrings (+Plyometrics) Day

Typical Exercises are Squats, Leg Curls, Stiff Legged Deadlifts along with other exercises.

• Friday is Glutes Day

Typical Exercises are Squats, Kickbacks, Bench Wraps along with other exercises.

I add one session on Saturday that is not planned as part of my workout routine. I call is Squat Day. I do only squats as part of my weight session on this day.

I split them but there is no compromise on the intensity of workouts, every leg day is a typical painful leg day.

Full Interview With Software Developer Turned Fitness Athlete, Shweta Mehta.

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I train abs three times a week.

Ab Workout and exercises:

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1. Normal Planking

• 4 sets of 1 minute each.

2. Side planking right

• 4 sets of 1 minute each.

3. Side planking left

• 4 sets of 1 minute each.

4. Lying down crunches

• 4 sets x 20 reps

5. Hanging leg raises

• 4 sets x 20 reps

6. Lying down leg raises ( Medicine Ball)

• 4 sets x 20 reps

7. Bicycle crunches

• 4 sets x 20 reps

8. Ab Crunch Machine

• 4 sets x 20 reps

9. Ab Crunch Rotation with Medicine Ball

• 4 sets x 20 reps

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