5 mistakes stopping your body from getting lean

Everyone starting a fitness schedule wants to get lean and fast. But it does not always work out because sometimes they depend on myths and misconceptions about getting muscle and end up doing things wrong. Below we look at some of these mistakes you make that are hindering your fat killing mission and how you can prevent them ...

1.    Do not over exercise

If you start a fitness schedule with quick results in mind, you are defiantly not going to see any results. You will panic when you realize you cannot achieve the desired results in time and stat overworking your body. Common signs of panic are overdoing the cardio trying to sweat your fat off. Especially is you are not eating right your body is likely to hold on to this fat instead of shedding it while trying to protect you from starvation.
You should increase your everyday protein consumption to maintain your muscle buildup and metabolism.

2.    Sticking to one type of workout

Fitness trainer Josh Bryant recommends that a good workout involves 4-5 types of exercises. For example, you can start with 5-8 squats, and then to  5-8 squats-to-presses,   5-8 bent-over rows and  finished  with 5-8 deadlifts.

Here is a short list on how to go about it;

• Use compound exercises
• Work out as quickly as possible while maintaining proper technique  
• No resting between exercises
• Start session with an empty bar and add weights in increments of 5-10 pounds as you go long.
• No dropping the bar
• Perform 5-7 exercises per set, with 5-8 repetitions
• You can rest 1-3 minutes between sets, only do four sets at a go for 15 minutes.

3.    Sticking to the treadmill

More often than not, people concentrate on the treadmill running hundreds of kilometers trying to get lean. Not to say treadmills do nothing for you, you just need to try other challenging exercises if you want to get lean fast!

Fitness trainer Jim Ryno recommends that you include hill sprint workouts. These are challenging and effective as they tap into your muscles and into the fat reserves as well. No other cardio workout releases as much as hill sprinting does. For good results do 15-20 short sprints per workout, five times a week.

4.    Too much Cardio

 What people don’t know is that too cardio can do more harm than good. Other than wearing out your tissues and tearing them up they actually make you fatter. Watching athletes is a good illustration.  Long distance athletes  have  less lean muscle with more  body fat percentage of  9-11%  while  short-distance Sprinters have long, lean muscle averaging 2-4% body fat.

5.    Being lazy

In order to get results, you must push it, hard!  After doing your warm-up, aerobic exercises, mix it up because of the some challenging 10-20 min high-intensity workouts with the help of a trainer or a partner. Try out some barbell complexes, sprints and combine with some strongman works. Do not stick to your usual easy to do exercise, challenge yourself and see the results within no time.