There is a point to this. There is a myth, an urban legend if you will, that says going to gym will make you lose weight. It is a logical extension of same myth that says I need to go to gym, I am out of shape. These two ideas have become synonymous with healthy lifestyles and fitness. For two people I observed, simply being at gym was enough to assuage their concerns for their physical health. The bottom line is that this is an illusion. To make yourself fit, you need to break your body down and force it to rebuild. The idea being that after rebuild, you will be stronger and fit. This cannot occur by merely being in a gym, or as in case with talking pair, this cannot occur by going through motions of working out.

Before I get accused of being a fanatical meat head just understand that I carry an extra few pounds around my waist. All I know is that to really make progress, to have physical and visible results, you must have an impact on your body. The kicker is that they almost have it made. These people are at they gym early on a cold morning. They are committed to their weight loss goals. They go through motions of their exercises like a well rehearsed dance routine. Clearly they want to achieve something with their bodies. If they just focused, and worked their bodies just a little more; enough, say, to deny them ease of conversation, then results would be tremendous.

The whole point is that you have to be clear about what it is you want to accomplish. I know with every fiber in my being, that I will burn off extra weight around my waist and that I will firm up my desk loving muscles. But I won't do it by talking.

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3. Know How to Do Things Right. Make sure you are familiar with exercises you plan to include in your home workout. Do some research and completely understand any new exercises you intend to do. Form is very important. Proper form will keep you from injuring yourself.

4. Mix Things Up. Don't stick with one workout for ever. Your body will quickly adapt to any form of exercise if you stay with it for too long. Make sure in your planning stage that you build in variety through new exercises, a different exercise order, different rep scheme or try supersets or a circuit.

5. Get Support. Work with a personal trainer to learn what you should do and how you should do it. A recent study showed that people who worked with a trainer worked harder and met their goals faster than those who did not.

Just because you are doing a home workout does not mean that it can't be as tough or tougher than people who travel to a gym. Once you know where you are going and how you intend to get there, rest is up to you. Follow your plan, give it 100% effort, eat right, and you'll be on your way to a fit body.

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