5 Important Steps to Formulating a Successful Strategy for Weight Training

In this article, 5 important steps to formulating a successful strategy for weight training. Ok so you have decided to start a new training program, what are the essential things you need to know and factor in your new training schedule? Whatever might be your reason for starting with a new strength training program, be it to gain strength, to boost self-confidence, to ease day-to-day activity, to prevent injury, to improve your posture, or perhaps to perform better at a particular sport. No matter what’s your final goal, it is very important to understand and map out the training program before you hit the gym. Any training plan should address the following:

Successful Strategy for Weight Training

• Your goals.
• Understanding the physiology behind the training.
• Understanding of how human Psychology plays a role.
• Fundamentals of nutrition.
• Planning your workout.

Through this series of blogs, I will be addressing each of the steps separately on a weekly basis. For weight training start with I will take about the importance of understanding and setting up your long-term goals.

Understand You Goals

Still, think a training program is one size fit all deal? Thing again, a training program that is best suited for you, will depend on how clearly you understand your goals, where you stand right now, and who you are. Two individuals in all likelihood will respond to the same training psychology differently, the program that’s best suited for you will depend on the following factors:

Chronological Age: Age in Years.

• Biological Age: Age in relation to physical maturity, is especially important if you are in your teens.
• Training Age: Age in terms of the experience you have trained with weights and sports in general.
• Emotional Maturity: Ability to concentrate during training and the mindset to understand that results vary for each individual.
• Gender: Both genders respond differently to strength training.
• Physical Capability: Depend on the genetic build-up and the individual’s training history (the degree to which once skills and fitness have developed).
• Lifestyle: the degree to which training programmers can be fitted into the lifestyle outside the gym. Remember that rest, as well as nutrition, are equally important.

How genetics plays a role in an individual’s response to training? Some individuals see quicker gains in strength and muscle growth than others.

The first thing one should do is clearly outline and understand one’s goals. This is vital in developing an effective and result-oriented training program. Having a thoroughly mapped-out training program and the understating of the basic principles will help you achieve your goals in the long run.