FITNESS & BEAUTY · JUNE 2018
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REASONS WHY YOU HAVE NO ENERGY WHEN WORKING OUT
Have you ever been pumped to get into the gym and after doing only a few exercises you find yourselves feeling completely drained of energy ?
A lot of people might say , something like , “ Oh , you ’ re just not in shape . It ’ ll get better .” While this may hold true for most people , even the most fit people can find themselves in a similar situation .
As I constantly went back and forth between having great full-energy workouts and dragging after a set or two on another , I started really comparing my good days and bad days to see if there was anything that stuck out to me on what might be the causation . In this article , I ’ ll be going over the things I ’ ve learned that would hinder my workouts and how I fixed it :
Not eating before you hit the
01 gym . (# 1 reason for no energy for workout ). One reason I found for getting tired so quickly when I start lifting is that I haven ’ t had a pre-workout meal .
Not planning your workout routine
02 correctly . When you work a main muscle group like your back or chest , you ’ re also hitting some of the other muscle groups that are connected to those .
Going too low on your calories
03 when dieting . This can be somewhat related to point number , but this point is more focused on your calories intake as a whole .
Having music can make or break
04 your workout . A huge factor on how workouts go is based on having music going when working out . Just look around when you go to the gym , do you think everyone is listening to music because they just don ’ t want to talk to each other ? Well , that might be the case for some people , but overall music has a huge impact on your motivation levels .
The temperature of your gym .
05 This is something most people do not pay any attention to how it affects their overall mood for working out . I used to go to a gym that was great . It was small ; great equipment ; not very many people but the owner would always keep it like 65 degrees inside . This would literally cause me to almost instantly get tired when I got in there to begin my workout .
There are so many reasons out there on why you might not have any energy in the gym . It could be just a pure lack of motivation ; this is something you will have to assess for yourself .
To be clear here , everything I ’ ve mentioned in this article are all things that I found out myself through many trial and error type of workouts where I was just dragging my butt . Even though my list is pretty straightforward there can also be some more technical type of things that can contribute to having low energy in the gym , like low testosterone . These are things that of course I can ’ t really guide you on , only your doctor can help you out there .
By Sterling
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