THERE ARE PLENTY of things we can do to improve our performance, such as drinking less beer, eating more healthy and getting more sleep.
And while in the gym, there are even more reasons why we don’t maximise our potential.
Here are three common pitfalls you’re making.
1) You’re getting stuck in a rut
Do you do the same routine; the same circuit in the same time with the same weights at the same pace?
Switch it up man/woman!
Change the exercise class for a month, up the weight, decrease the reps.
Go work out on a machine you have never used before.
You’ll be surprised at the difference it’ll make.
2) You’re bonking in the gym because you haven’t eaten enough
While some of us can get away with eating just a little or not eating at all before a gym session, you’ll train better and for longer if you eat something before.
Ideally, you want to try to eat something at least an hour before exercising, so you have time to digest your food and fuel up for battle.
You don’t want to be full, but you definitely don’t want to be starving either.
You also need to make sure you’re hydrated before you start training. Drink a glass of water when you first wake up.
You could drink a sports drink as well before so you know you’re at least getting some additional calories in.
3) You’re not warming up properly
We’re all guilty of it from time to time but for this year, try to break this habit.
It just means getting up out of bed five minutes earlier. The main reason we don’t do it is because we ‘don’t have time’, right?
Some could argue it’s because we’re just eager to get started with the main workout but neglecting the warm-up can result in you feeling tight during your first couple of exercises.
No matter what type of training you’re doing, it’s important to warm-up beforehand to get the blood flowing and your muscles warmed up for exercise.
A warm-up can be a 5-minute brisk walk or slow jog, or warm-up exercises such as marching in place, jumping jacks or knee lifts.
Outrageously misleading headline. Hodgson didn’t say what it suggests he said at all.
The journal is turning into a sun/star styled mashup. where did it all go wrong?
Suarez was brilliant in the last World Cup and in the Copa America. He should be alright in this one too.
Especially his fingertip save ….
headline misleasding, uruguay have a good squad though I disagree with woy there..cavani, gaston ramirez, godin and gimenez the two athletico defenders and christian rodriguez who have just won la liga and are in the champions league final and diego forlan is still a great finisher even with his age, they have quality in attack and defence.. personally i think england wont have the quality to beat them
You’re dead right Paddy. You didn’t even mention Walter Gargano or Edigo Arevalo Ríos in midfield or Maxi Peirera, Martín Cáceres or Alvaro Peirera on the flanks. Uruguay will be very difficult to beat and will play in a style very similar to Atletico. At 25/1 to win the World Cup they’re a decent outside bet.
Only RVP scored as many goals as Suarez in World Cup qualifiers, and there are no easy matches in South American qualifying.
Fancy Suarez to score against England.
He could have a point ! How will he cope with more then one game in a week ???
I’m guessing he ingested something psychedelic earlier in the day and followed up that observation with “….
and I think danny welbeck will win the golden boot”
Roy didnt preform well with any club wheather managing england or liverpool. So speaching against the talent of a player that could do serious damage to him and england is very wrong!
At least Roy can spell…….
silly comment willie
If anything id say Suarez will have England in his sights.
Roy on the other hand is a poor manager with a limited squad, especially up front.
Roy needs a copy of mind games for dummies. He should know Suarez is world class and that he won’t be affected by anything the england manager says. Might work with Ballotelli however
U fool roy, wud u say the same id it was messi r ronaldo, time will spell then end of u
Gobbledygook
I’d say Roy might struggle more than him at at the world cup