Training Tip #3: Be Consistent

If you have followed our first two training tips, you'll have set at least one goal - which should include some form of strength training. Tip 3 tackles the most important thing you can do to help you reach your target - consistency of training. 

Consistency of training isn't always easy to achieve, yet is crucial to success. We've all been there, two weeks into a training program and the initial enthusiasm is starting to wear off. Perhaps you haven't seen noticable results yet, maybe your body is a bit sore, or work is getting busier and the temptation is to skip just one session. That's where the problems begin, as soon as you skip one session it becomes easier to do it again. All of a sudden one session becomes two, and before you know it, all the early work you put in has disappeared. Even if you promise yourself that you'll catch up, the reality is that you probably never will, and the goals you set start to seem further and further away.

That's why you need to be consistent. Be strict with yourself on the times you're going to train. Make a plan, block out time in your diary, get a friend or teammate to make sure you do each session when you said you would. Whatever your method of keeping consistency, make sure you keep doing it.

Consistency of training is the only thing guarenteed to give you results over the long-term, so decide when you can train, make a plan and stick to it.