"Everyone starts somewhere". Really a simple one but one I heard when I started a few years back and now something I tell all my friends when I hear "I want to start working out but I'm so out of shape".
To the bolded, isn't that a perfect reason to start working out?
"Getting fit is 90% nutrition and 10% exercise"
Understand your goals and simply just "be better".
To elaborate: I was like many, I envied those with "Hollywood style" physiques. However, the question I was asked was "are you ready to spend hours in the gym and have a very strict/clean diet?
That all kind of hit home for me. I didn't/don't want to be an unhealthy fatass, but I didn't (honestly more like couldn't due to family) want to spend hours in the gym a week. And I didn't want to completely give up my favorite foods. I found a good mix, and although I'm not completely happy with my physique. It's a good mix between in shape and enjoying a lifestyle I like.
Don't take chances, **** before deadlifts/squats.
Don't compare yourself to others. You're only competing against yourself. That's probably the best advice I could offer.
Also, do whatever works for you. Don't listen to other people saying that their way is the only way, or that there's only one correct way to work out. Do what feels right for you and what makes you happy.
I recently started incorporating more dynamic exercises into my training program and just in the last couple of days started putting more focus on calisthenics. It has really reinvigorated my training.
I was getting pretty fed up with just lifting weights and started to struggle a bit with motivation, but now my training is fun again and it's really cool to challenge yourself and try and get better and master certain movements, instead of, as in lifting, just adding more weight or doing more reps.
It has also really strengthened my core, which is useful in every aspect of life, and hockey in particular, so that's another benefit.
Don't compare yourself to others. You're only competing against yourself. That's probably the best advice I could offer.
Also, do whatever works for you. Don't listen to other people saying that their way is the only way, or that there's only one correct way to work out. Do what feels right for you and what makes you happy.
I recently started incorporating more dynamic exercises into my training program and just in the last couple of days started putting more focus on calisthenics. It has really reinvigorated my training.
I was getting pretty fed up with just lifting weights and started to struggle a bit with motivation, but now my training is fun again and it's really cool to challenge yourself and try and get better and master certain movements, instead of, as in lifting, just adding more weight or doing more reps.
It has also really strengthened my core, which is useful in every aspect of life, and hockey in particular, so that's another benefit.