The Average Joe Fitness

My brother decided to join the gym I go to. I really liked the idea because now I have a more con­sis­tent work­out part­ner. Hav­ing some­one to work­out with is a great idea. It makes every­thing seem a whole lot less tedious because you have some­one there to talk to.

I don’t know the last time he’s been in a gym, and I don’t think he knows either. He’s not that out of shape, it’s just been a while since he’s had a reg­u­lar work­out rou­tine. Well, last night was his first chance to go since he joined on Sun­day morn­ing. We get there and do our 10 min­utes of car­dio warmup and decide to hit the weights. It was chest and back rou­tines on the agenda. He starts pil­ing on the weights and I asked him why? He tells me that was what he was used to. I reminded him that he hasn’t been in a gym for awhile and it was wiser to start with a more man­age­able amount of weight and work his body into a rou­tine, then slowly add the resis­tance. He decided to be macho and keep the weight on…and could only do a few reps.

When start­ing a new fit­ness rou­tine or adding a new exer­cise, it is impor­tant to start with a man­age­able weight. This way you don’t risk seri­ous injury. It is also impor­tant to get the cor­rect motion down first. It is eas­ier to learn the motion of the exer­cise when you have a man­age­able amount of weight and not strain­ing to keep the bar up. Don’t be macho! Don’t go into the gym and try to impress anyone.

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