How to If you want to know if you are doing things well in the gym, see if you meet these five requirements

When we train in the gym and, we have a goal of gaining muscle mass or losing fat, we tend to look only at body weight and although it may be another indicator to assess, it does not give us completely accurate information. On the other hand, comparing this variable together with the body perimeters, for example, neck, chest, waist, hip, and thigh, is much more precise and gives us better information. As much as we lift more weights or do more repetitions, if the girths do not change in one direction or the other, it can mean that we are overdoing or even undergoing training. In this article, we want to explain five requirements that, if met, are an unequivocal sign that you are improving and doing things well. They do not necessarily all have to happen at the same time, but sooner or later they will end up taking place. Now you lift more weight than before During the first 6 or 8 weeks of training, the main adaptations and improvements that occur in our body are of a neural nature, that is, they affect our nervous system. This means that although your muscle mass and joints are practically the same as at the beginning, your nervous system is more, therefore you are unlocking your true potential. This translates into more weight lifted in the exercises, and therefore you can get closer and closer to your true effort levels, that is, those that are really challenging and stimulating for your muscles and joint tissues. Why do we say this? Because in the first sessions and weeks of training, we are not able to reach the true stimulus thresholds for which our muscles are prepared. We have to improve nervous efficiency for that to happen. Now you do more repetitions than before During the first 6 or 8 weeks of training, the main adaptations and improvements that occur in our body are of a neural nature, that is, they affect our nervous system. This means that although your muscle mass and joints are practically the same as at the beginning, your nervous system is more, therefore you are unlocking your true potential. This translates into more weight lifted in the exercises, and therefore you can get closer and closer to your true effort levels, that is, those that are really challenging and stimulating for your muscles and joint tissues. Why do we say this? Because in the first sessions and weeks of training, we are not able to reach the true stimulus thresholds for which our muscles are prepared. We have to improve nervous efficiency for that to happen. Now you do more repetitions than before During the first 6 or 8 weeks of training, the main adaptations and improvements that occur in our body are of a neural nature, that is, they affect our nervous system. This means that although your muscle mass and joints are practically the same as at the beginning, your nervous system is more efficient, and therefore you are unlocking your true potential. You have increased the level of awareness of your own muscles As we train, not only do our muscles and joints get stronger, but we have also said that our nervous system and our energy-producing systems become more efficient. But there is a capacity, or even a sixth sense, called proprioception that also improves. Proprioception could be defined as the awareness of the position or movement of our own body in space. In this way, as we gain experience and training, we are better able to locate the job exactly where we want to locate it. Thus, we are able to increase the stimulus received by our target muscle groups. The shoelaces have disappeared The shoelaces for those who start in the gym or for those who have stopped training for a while are practically a formality. We must assume it if we are starting in the gym. It will happen. Shoelaces are usually a symptom of adaptation, so stopping having them usually implies that the stimulus that previously exceeded our adaptation thresholds, now no longer exists. However, there are people who tend to have soreness, and this is not bad. There are also people who tend not to have them, and this is not bad either. The general thing is that they tend to disappear or be minimized when we are used to training, but it depends a lot on the person. Your body perimeters go down or up When we train in the gym, and we have a goal of gaining muscle mass or losing fat, we tend to look only at body weight and although it may be another indicator to assess, it does not give us completely accurate information. On the other hand, comparing this variable together with the body perimeters, for example, neck, chest, waist, hip, and thigh, is much more precise and gives us better information. As much as we lift more weights or do more repetitions, if the girths do not change in one direction or the other, it can mean that we are overdoing or even undergoing training.