Natural Bodybuilding Routines Are a Long Term Fitness Plan

Everyone has their own path to physical fitness and overall well being. Some choose yoga, others Pilates, some go for jogging and yet others opt for bodybuilding. For bodybuilders and practitioners of yoga, there is more than exercise that goes into getting in shape and achieving mental equilibrium – it’s a lifestyle.

Natural bodybuilding routines – routines which do not rely on gimmicks, steroids or anything else are those chosen by people who have decided to make the best of their bodies with only natural means.

Remember The Tortoise

Although you can’t wait to have a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger, you’re going to have to.  Any coach, program or supplement that promises fast results is to be avoided.  Bodybuilding takes a long time.  You are trying not only to break the habits of a lifetime, but learn a whole new way of eating and of life.

It may be the case that a few years are needed to build up your muscles to the point you’d like. Even once you have reached your initial goals, you may still not be prepared for the world of competitive bodybuilding. Remember what Aesop said about the tortoise and the hare: “slow and steady wins the race”.

Think safety

Before starting in on your natural bodybuilding routines, get the OK of your physician. You want to be sure that you are healthy enough to begin a bodybuilding regimen – if not; you could be hurting, not helping yourself. You can start your natural bodybuilding routine once your physician gives you his or her approval.

You shouldn’t do weight lifting every day. Your muscles will get the greatest benefit if they are allowed some time to rest in between workouts. On your off days from weight lifting, engage in other fitness activities. You can also take on a personal trainer, join your local gym or follow exercises in books and DVDs of natural body building routines.

There are also courses available at your local YMCA or YWCA and community colleges. These classes can be fun and have expert instruction; not to mention that they are far less expensive than are the services of a personal trainer.

A natural bodybuilding routine should include ample stretching an aerobic exercise to warm up for the weight lifting itself. Don’t over exercise – this will cause your body to use your new muscle mass to get the energy it needs to do the extra exercise.

Most natural bodybuilding routines are only for a few minutes at first, and then get longer as you get stronger…and your body is over the initial aches and pains of a new physical routine.