5 Tips to Help You Stick to a Big Arm Training Plan
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Loading... - Tamara Fink
- 02 Feb 2023
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Knowing what you're doing is just the start. Here's how you can achieve success by following through on your goals.
Getting a plan is one thing. Following that plan through to its end is a completely different task. We’ve all had that workout plan, nutrition advice, or cardio routine that we hoped would get us on track with the version of ourselves we want to become. Finding a plan isn’t the part people have trouble with: It’s the follow-through, sticking with the program every day.
I get it! Most people start new programs with the best of intentions, but then life gets in the way. Late hours for a work project, a sick child, feeling overwhelmed, or any number of monkey wrenches can derail the program, and sometimes you never get back on track. This is the pain point that keeps many people from making the changes they initially set out to accomplish.
Luckily, that is all in the past. Here are the top tricks and hacks I suggest to my clients to help them go from well intentioned to well equipped!
1. Choose Small Goals, or Mile Markers, to Achieve Along the Way
We all have goals we want to achieve. But often we look at the goal and it feels almost insurmountable—too big to ever accomplish. I can’t count the number of times I have heard a client say “I could never do that” before we started working together. The sad part is we tell ourselves that so much we actually begin to believe it.
Instead of trying to conquer the world of health and fitness in one grandiose act, begin with small wins. Small wins build momentum and your confidence, giving you the capacity to achieve truly great things.
Say, for example, you want to do a pullup. You can’t just grab the bar, hang there every day, and eventually pull yourself up—it’s asking too much of your body. Instead, use a progression: Start with grip strength, then work on your back strength, move onto assisted pulls, and eventually you’ll complete a full pullup. Deconstruct the move into its component parts, then work in very deliberate steps, attacking it one step at a time until you’ve mastered it.
It’s the same with this plan. Building muscular arms will take some time. But don’t feel overwhelmed: Just take a deep breath and trust the process. Read More…
