I hate how I am able to go one or two weeks into the gym and then stop going for a large period of time. I know it is a progress and do want to continue but how if each sessions leads to painful soreness? Thought about going to the gym 6 days a week with 30 mins per gym session but open to modify. Usually go with one day of push one day of pull one day of legs and break.
The secret to becoming consistent at anything is to make it a routine – something that you do subconsciously, without having to make a conscious decision to do it.
If you want to learn to play an instrument, you need to practice it every day for about 2 months, and after that, it becomes part of your daily routine.
Going to the gym is the same … if you do it consistently for at least 2 months, then you’ll continue to do it.
Push through the pain. After a month of consistency, it’ll stop hurting between sessions. Don’t push through pain during a workout.
Is soreness the only thing stopping you from being consistent?
Do you stretch at the end of your workouts?
Force yourself just to drive to the gym even if you dont go in. Take it step by step. It needs to part of your routine.
Soreness generally gets better over time, with consistency. Nothing hits as hard as the first few sessions.
Make sure your diet is appropriate, tracking calories/macros is a great way to make sure you have ample recovery/growth. Eating slow release foods will also help and the more energy you have the more you’ll want to get up and do something.makomg the gym a lot easier. You’ll actively want to go a lot of the time.
Ensure you are getting the right vitamins/supplements for recovery too.
Alternatively, find a physically active hobby you enjoy to replace some of the gym work. Go as frequently as you can with appropriate rest. I used to go 3-4 times per week but now I workout at home 5 times per week.
Find a way to like it.
The soreness will go away after your body gets used to the new activity. You will still get sore but not as much and you’ll recover quicker with good diet. 6 days a week may also be too much. I would reduce your gym time to 3-4 times a week and aim for 1 hour workouts instead. Instead of Push Pull Legs look up the PHUL routine which is a bit more varied and only requires 4 days a week. Committing to 6 days a week is asking a lot. Even if the sessions are shorter you still have to account for getting ready and traveling to the gym so this can eat up a lot of time causing you to lose interest. Have smaller sustainable goals that you can keep consistent.
If you can make your presence there a non-negotiable part of your daily routine then you’ll take motivation out of it, you’ll just do it. The same way you just go to work every day.
If you don’t like DOMS you don’t have to chase it. Do the same exercises in the same order on the same days of the week, even if you’re sore, and eventually the soreness will stop. I sometimes progress in my lifts for months without getting sore. You’re overtraining when your sleep is interrupted, your heart rate is higher, and your performance drops. Soreness has nothing to do with it.
Force it for 30 ish days showing up after starts to feels like a cake walk.
Only do exercises you enjoy and make it a hard rule minimum five days a week
You need to find something you enjoy, if you hate it you’ll never be consistent. That’s it, that’s the secret. The people that are really fit and look great also really like being there so it just kind of worked out, they never had to force themselves to show up. If you don’t like lifting weights, maybe try a boxing gym, or BJJ, or basketball, or a running club. I really like the soreness because it makes me feel like my muscles are growing even though that’s not exactly what’s going on.
Fuck your feeling. Just go.
Fuck how tired or much soft muscle pain you’re feeling just go.
Just do strong lifts 5×5 it’s the simplistic and easiest to follow program.