Only one person out of a hundred will not make this mistake.

Fitness is not only a physical activity, but also a technical activity. Unscientific fitness methods will not only affect the fitness effect, but may also cause sports injuries. The following are the mistakes that 99% of fitness people will make. Are you doing it wrong?

1. Only practice the parts you like

A common saying in the fitness circle is "newbies train their chest, veterans train their back". This is because too many people only focus on the visible parts. In fact, the body is a whole. Only all-round training can maximize the results. Long-term training of a single part may make the body uncoordinated and affect the overall beauty.

Remember, your chest, abs, and arms are nice to look at, but training your back and legs is critical to boosting your body's hormone levels and helping you grow muscle in other areas.

2. Not able to calculate calories

According to statistics, 99% of fitness enthusiasts do not know how to calculate calories at all. In fact, whether it is to gain muscle or lose fat, daily calories are the most noteworthy indicator. Exceeding the calorie limit for fat loss or insufficient calorie limit for muscle gain will make it difficult to achieve fitness results.

So you can search for a basal metabolic calculator online and calculate your daily calorie needs. Although the calculation is only an approximate value, it is much better than eating indiscriminately.

In addition, to gain muscle, you should consume 10~20% more calories than your daily needs, while to lose fat, you should consume 10~20% less calories than your daily needs.

3. Exercise wherever you want to lose weight

This should be something that many fitness enthusiasts will encounter. For example, if you want to lose belly fat, you might do sit-ups desperately. In fact, fat loss is a whole-body thing. There is no scientific research showing that by exercising a certain muscle, the fat around that muscle will decrease. Therefore, fat loss should also be a whole-body thing. Don't just exercise the part you want to lose weight.

Whole body muscle training, jogging, rope skipping, elliptical machines, spinning bikes, etc. are all very helpful for reducing fat all over the body, including the belly.

4. The more you sweat, the better the effect

Many fitness enthusiasts are troubled by why they sweat so little during exercise. Some even wrap themselves up tightly while exercising to lose fat. In fact, there is no direct connection between sweating and fitness effects. Sweating is just a way for the body to lower its body temperature. What really determines the effect of exercise is your training intensity.

When running, run faster and for longer time, and control the weight and number of sets in strength training. These are the keys to determining the fitness effect.

5. Copy the plan of the great god

Many fitness enthusiasts have their own fitness goals. For example, many fitness enthusiasts want to become Lazar, so they look everywhere for how Lazar exercises, what he eats, and even what brand of supplements he takes, etc.

In fact, everyone's training plan is different. Your training intensity cannot be the same as that of an international top fitness master. If you copy the training plan of a master, you will probably give up or get injured because you can't keep up with the intensity.

Start fitness from the basics and stick to it, this is the true meaning of fitness.

If you make any of the five mistakes above, correct them and if you don’t, keep trying!