Tips For A Good Workout

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The experienced fitness enthusiast has learned that his most profitable and enjoyable workouts often occur on his "bad" days—precisely those days when everything has gone wrong and when he can dream up all sorts of pleasurable inactivity's which exclude physical exercise.

Recent studies on college students give quantitative proof. A group of track candidates were given daily time trials under the relentless eye of the stop watch. On days when the boys arrived in good spirits (received a B+ in mid-terms, the girl friend said "yes," or an unexpected bonus arrived from good old Dad) times were poor.

When the boys appeared for practice irritated, depressed, sullen, or tense, the times improved. They could not wait to "get out there and bust a gut."

Another good tip is to leave the details of a workout to the way you feel.

Some workouts will be most gratifying and many will be only average. An excellent way to encourage dissatisfaction and discouragement for a given session is to set a predetermined goal. Perhaps today you had planned on three snappy games of squash, but you are more tired than you had realized after last night's late meeting. You begin to wilt before you have completed two games. Or you had scheduled an exhilarating five-mile cycle around town. However, your left knee begins to ache or a blizzard engulfs you. You may be forced sensibly to abbreviate your plans and cut short the workout. This may be disappointing if your physical activities have not been taxing enough to afford exuberant satisfaction.

To avert this uneasiness, do not plan the details of a workout—plan only the workout. Then you can look forward to excitement and pleasure, you can see how you feel, and you can lengthen or, without chagrin, shorten a workout as your common sense dictates.

Having dressed appropriately and having arrived at a designated arena of battle, you are at last ready to go. Before flexing a single muscle, remember that endurance is the goal.

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