8 Reasons Why Your Workout Isn’t Getting You Results
September 13, 2011 by Jenn
Not seeing the results? Time to look more closely and your diet and exercise. Credit: Alan Cleaver
Today’s posts about eating for workouts is part of FBG’s Back to Basics Week that features the best beginner fitness and beginner nutrition posts that help you to be a little healthier and—in theme with the week—a little smarter.
We all know how fantastic working out is for your health. But what happens when your workouts aren’t delivering the results you want? Or you’re not getting the results you think you should be getting for the amount of effort and time you’re putting in?
While any kind of physical activity is good, some workout plans are better than others and—as you might suspect—a lot of other factors come into play when you’re trying to lose weight and tone up. So if your workout isn’t working for you, one of the following eight reasons could be to blame. Find out how to turn that around and get the results you deserve!
Continue reading for the eight sneaky reasons why you might not be getting results.
—Jenn
I love this site. You are right on about workouts not getting results. When I first started, I could not seem to lose weight, despite all of the effort I put in. Finally, I stuck to a good diet and workout plan, and the weight started melting.
I was guilty of #8-You sit all day.
I decided split up my workouts; before breakfast, 20 minutes of Core with Jackie Warner, then 10-20 minutes of jumping rope before lunch. I also walk around the block for 30-45 minutes after dinner
The sitting all day thing kills me, too. I have been trying to take breaks and just do one lap around the office building, and I think it has helped!
It always amazes me how much work you actually have to do to burn a pound of fat – it’s about 3500 calories worth of exercise and that involves running for hours not a few minutes on the treadmill. Walking at a medium pace a 140lb woman uses just 336 calories so you have to walk an awful lot of miles to lose a pound. Still every walk/run you do helps.