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Tips for Getting Lean and Muscular

1. Have a Goal

Know where you want to end up, whether it be losing weight, gaining muscle, or fitting into a smaller size. A definitive goal will help you focus and give you something to work toward.

2. Take a Whole Life Approach

It takes more than regular trips to the gym, or adding a day or two of exercise. Look at your whole life and find opportunities for improvement. How do you handle stress? How are you sleeping? What do you eat and drink? How do you spend your free time? Small, incremental changes in your whole approach to fitness will win out over big changes you can’t stick to.

3. Eat Better, Not Loss

What you eat it even more important than how much you eat. Diets tend to be temporary. They have a beginning and an end. You want to move away from the mindset that fitness is something you do. Fitness is something you live! Eat better foods that are rich in nutrients, stay away from high calorie foods you know are bad for you.

4. Drink Water

Replace sweet drinks like fruit juice and soft drinks with water. Stay away from diet sodas – research has shown these are just as bad for you as their sugary twins. Ditch the sweet tea for the unsweeted, drop the lemonade for water with a twist of lemon. Carry water bottle with you wherever you go.

5. Move from Working Out to Training

Showing up to the gym and exercising when you get the chance and without giving a lot of thought to the types and amount of exercise you’re doing is simply workout out. “Those who fail to plan, plant to fail”. Put together a whole exercise and nutrition plan so you know where you’re headed. Stick to it!

6. Lift More

The only way to put on muscle is to do progressive resistance training, whether that’s a home workout consisting of push-ups, pull-ups and some band work or moving iron in the gym. You can’t look lean and muscular without having muscles. Stick to big lifts that work your whole body, and always make sure every workout works your big muscles like the legs, back and core.

7. Get Some Support

Whether it’s a friend who has the same goals as you or a personal trainer, get someone involved who is interested in your success. Get family involved. We all have days where our motivation is low and we need someone to ignite that spark.

8. It Never Ends

Live the lifestyle. Fitness is not a destination, it’s a journey. The benefits you will receive far out weigh simply looking better in those jeans. It’s not a race to the finish line, it’s a slow steady jog for the rest of your life!

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