What should a beginner do in the gym?

So, you are going to your first workout and, of course, you are worried about what awaits you there - behind the doors of the gym. For a beginner, to cope with laziness, as well as anxiety and cross the threshold of the sports center is already a feat and half of the future success. So do not rush and do not burden yourself with great physical and emotional stress in order to quickly achieve your goals. Let's first figure out what a beginner should do in the gym?

First visit or where to start in the gym for a beginner?

To begin with, you should approach the trainer, get acquainted and tell him information about yourself: age, parameters, goals, presence of chronic diseases, previous operations so that the specialist can correctly select a training program for you. Many sports clubs offer a whole range of services and studies to determine body parameters that help to indicate the level of load. Such establishments include a gym in Minsk called "Fitness World", where clients are offered the following services:

bioimpedance (determination of BMI, amount of fat, muscle, bone, nerve tissue, and fluid in the body)
consultation with a nutritionist and therapist
fitness profile creation
caliperometry (determination of the amount of subcutaneous and internal fat and muscle)
Holter ECG monitoring (study of the cardiovascular system, which is especially important during heavy strength and cardio loads)
body measurements and determination of fat fold thickness
This list of services will allow you to get to know your body thoroughly, and the trainer will be able to create a safe and effective training program for you as accurately as possible.

At the beginning, beginners always rush into battle and from the first lesson they want to load themselves to the maximum in order to quickly make up for lost time. This is a big mistake and harm to the body, you should not torture yourself, on the contrary - you need to move incrementally. If you have not trained for a long time and are in advanced form, start with an hour of training or do not train for more than an hour and a half, do not grab large weights and a large number of approaches, listen to the trainer and then you can quickly enter a comfortable rhythm of training.