FITNESS & BEAUTY · JUNE 2018
5
REASONS WHY YOU HAVE NO
ENERGY WHEN WORKING OUT
H
ave 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:
01
Not eating before you hit the
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.
02
Not planning your workout routine
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.
03
Going too low on your calories
when dieting. This can be
somewhat related to point number, but
this point is more focused on your calories
intake as a whole.
04
Having music can make or break
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.
05
The temperature of your gym.
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
38 HEALTHY MAGAZINE