Hello, Steemians!
Ready to get Steemfit? 😂
I know you're not freaked or stoked about fitness trainers, bodybuilders, crossfitters, or yoga. But just in case you're looking for how to burn that extra flesh that you'd gotten from the excess food, just hang in there.
Anytime I get the “How long have you been doing this question,” I always smirk because I know what the person would say next when I tell them.
“Only Three months?! That's impossible.”
No it isn't. You just don't believe a whole lot can be achieved in a short period of time with the right skill, right state of mind, and will power. You see, here in this part of the world many of us are stiffened at mind. What I mean is we don't have fluid thoughts. We see huge things are get awestruck and say: “That took a lot of years to acquire.” when in actuality it took merely some months. And when we're told, we sneer, curse, and smirk in mock disbelief. We find it hard to believe the impossible.
When the impossible is just the possible that hasn't been reached yet.
I got to this stage because of a lot of things. I have to admit, I did have a little advantage—music. It was there for me. It is one of my muses. Others are the people who had told me that I couldn't do it, those who gave appraisals at the gains I wasn't seeing, and my biggest motivation? Where I was heading to. Sometimes when I pick up those weights, I ask myself, why am I doing this? Once that question pops into my head all the strength in me drips with the sweat that I excrete. Once that happens, I start to think. Yes, I picture my goal in my head and I imagine my goal on me, I imagine walking down that stage, and flexing, with the lights flashing from all angles, and like magic, my strength is restored. I had a lot of things motivating me. And also a lot discouraging me. One of them, time. It wasn't just there. Having to shuffle with school, writing, time out with friends, chores and a whole lot of others, I still had to chip in time for my routine. I chose 6AM. But some 6AMs I'm still sound asleep and broken because of the previous day's strain. I shift it to the evening.
Yes, I even deadlift under the moonlight.
Time was my biggest problem. I sorta conquered it. I conquered my fears, I conquered it to some extent. And then there was the temptation. The food. I have this self rule of not eating once it clocks 7PM. So many times I was tempted to break it. Sometimes I did, I couldn't just ignore the aroma of sweet beans, and noodles. Others I was rigid. Wouldn't budge.
Oh yeah, I worked out 5 times a week. Weekends were rest days. There were times I felt I wasn't gaining anything. Because my body felt the same. Nothing bulged unless I was pumping. I wanted to quit. But I didn't. I have so much to achieve, so much to gain, and as I type this, I haven't gotten 3/10.
I am telling you this so that you may know that nothing is impossible to achieve within a short period of time. It might look far when you haven't started but once you take that very first step, you'd see that far is just nearby. You can burn that fat, you can get that dream body, you can overcome your body insecurities with just giving yourself fifteen minutes everyday to workout. Just fifteen minutes. When you're with your phone on the couch or bed, fifteen minutes is just a billowing wind over. But trust me, it's time that you'd gain as you give it.
Let's start with those of you who want to just be fit. These exercises I am about to initiate are easy to do, basic, and very effective. They need no graphical representation for you must have seen them some place. But if you need an explanatory image, I can provide that for you in my next article.
Four Weeks ZVNCROW Routine:
First week:
Every morning:
Cross leg touches. (Set your legs apart and bring your chest out, your arms outstretched, bend at your torso, and touch your left foot with your right hand. Vise versa.) repeat this exercise thirty times. It's easy and it works on your arm muscles and releases your back.
Basic Situps. (Lie down on a mat—always use a mat. Using the raw floor may bruise your waist and back—hold your head and bring your upper-body up. Like you're sitting up, get it?) Repeat this fifteen times. If you can go more than that, add another ten or fifteen reps. And always ensure that as you're coming up (sitting up) you exhale. You inhale when you go down slowly back to your initial position.
Push-ups. (Stiffen your whole body and use your arms to raise your upper body up. Take note, in order for this workout to be effective, you must make sure that from your torso down, is stiff as a plank.) Do this repeatedly fifteen times. Whatever you do, even if it takes you fifteen times to lift yourself up fifteen repetitions, do it. Make sure you complete it. For this is the most effective workout routine working on your pecks (chest muscles) your arms, shoulders, frontal hamstrings and your abdominal core.
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You'll repeat this twice. In gym terms it's called sets. Take note of that.
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I'll be your guide into your fitness journey. If you can do this for one week then your fitness goals is going to be a smooth ride. One thing you must remember; dedication. Be Dedicated.
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P.S. For nutritional tips, inbox. I'll give you a very fluid plan that'll help in fastening your muscle gain and fat loss.
P.S.S. Nothing is impossible. Impossibility is only a state of mind. A very poor one.
