10 Gym Tips and Tricks You Can Use To Reach Your Goals

Everyone’s in search of a magic pill to help them achieve the body they’ve always dreamed of. Well, unfortunately it doesn’t exist.  So, for that reason, I’m going show you a few things that can help you achieve your dream physique and improve your overall health so long as you put in the work.  Here’s 10 gym tips and trick.  Let’s get into it.

10 Gym Tips and Tricks to Try

Try these 10 gym tips and tricks below to move closer to reaching your health and fitness goals.

1. Use HIIT to knock down time spent in the gym

To start our 10 gym tips, we should all realize that we are busy people. You don’t necessarily want to spend hours in the gym between your weight training along with low intensity steady state cardio.  Thank goodness for HIIT. High intensity interval training is the way of the future it seems.  You can use a 2:1 ratio of rest to work.  So, rather than spending 30-60 minutes on the treadmill, instead you can do two minutes of a walk followed by one minute of a sprint.  After the sprint interval, you go back to the walk for two minutes and the cycle repeats.  You can do this for five rounds and be done with cardio in as little as 15 minutes.  Gone are the days where you feel like you’re going to fall asleep on a piece of cardio equipment out of shear boredom.

2. Be the tortoise, not the hare

There is no quick fix or easy way out—you need to put in the work day in and day out. Health and fitness is not a race, it’s about consistency and longevity.  The reason you are exercising is to better your health and life. While everyone wants to see progress yesterday, you need to look forward and take baby steps to reach your long-term goals.  Slow and steady wins the race.  It’s you versus you.  You don’t need to compete against anyone else in the gym, focus on being consistent with your weight training and cardio and most importantly, pay attention to what you are eating on a daily basis.  Weight loss comes down to your nutrition.  You can spend hours in the gym, but if you are eating too many calories the weight isn’t going to come off. Next, we have another gem in our list of 10 gym tips.

3. Go to the GYM with your BFF

Sometimes we all need a little extra motivation to go to the gym. It’s cold outside.  Or it’s hot outside.  We have work that we should be getting done in the office or at home.  We have a million reasons why we should skip the gym today.  If you exercise with a friend or spouse, you’re more likely to hit the gym because you’re held accountable to show up and not bail on your workout buddy.  The nice thing is, when you exercise with a friend, you can push each other and have fun at the same time.  Both of you are there for the same reason, yet you can socialize and enjoy yourself.  Exercise doesn’t have to be a dreadful experience—you just need to find ways to make it fun.



4. Empty the pantry

Sticking to a clean nutrition plan can be difficult with so many temptations around you. The worst situation to be in is at home when you know the pantry is full of all kinds of tasty treats; chips, pretzels, cookies, candy, etc.  Trying to resist the urge is enough to drive anyone mad.  For that reason, grab a garbage bag and go raid your pantry.  If it isn’t healthy, throw it out or donate it.  If it’s in your possession, you’re eventually going to eat it.  So, remove all temptation by getting rid of those unhealthy food items from your house all together.  It should also go without saying, but don’t empty out your pantry and then go shopping and replace it all again.  Have some self-control.


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Matt Weik

Matt Weik, BS, CPT, CSCS, CSN, is the Owner and Head Keyboard Banger of Weik Fitness. He is a well-respected, prolific writer with a global following and a self-proclaimed fitness and supplement nerd. Matt’s content has been featured on thousands of websites, 100+ magazines, and he has authored over a dozen published books.