You may ask yourself that several times a year, as you are standing there in the gym. A lot of my cliebts ask me this when they come to me to seek my health and fitness advice. Achieving results can be hard enough, so don't get stuck making these seven mistakes and sabotage all your gains in the gym.

1. Going Without A Plan: Ever go to the gym and your sort of find yourself wandering around after you have warmed up? In your head you are trying to figure out what it is you would like to work on today? You are not sure what combination you should use? I personally observe this daily as I watch people in the gym. You are NOT alone. I observe them walking around the gym sort of of lost, and when they do leave you can tell they feel as though their workout didn't feel successful to them. It really was not effective. Worst yet, those who don't have a plan end up eventually not utilizing their gym membership. They no longer feel motivated, because really, they don't know what they are doing. It's another member just vanished! It's just after New Years, a bunch of new members signed up and three to five weeks later, they have vanished, like most of the others before them. You know what I mean? That's where health clubs really need to be better at making sure ALL of their members know what to do.

Have your workout routine ready BEFORE you even set foot in the gym. Going to the gym to workout without a planned out routine is like trying to build a house without a blueprint!

When I do my own workout, you better believe I have a planned out circuit for myself. I carry it around with me and I follow it and I feel successful once I've completed my workout. You should feel the same!

2. You Don't Have A Backup Plan: You have your plan now, you are ready to do your next exercise - only to find someone is already using the machine you need next! This happens a lot! HAVE A BACK UP exercise just in case. For example - If a am going to a tricep pull down and both stations are being used, I'll just either run over to the benches and do dips or grab free weights and do kickbacks. If I need to do chest pulldowns and someone is at the station, I drop and do pushups! Don't get frustrated. Always have a back up move.

3. Not Enough Intensity: Unfortunately, I have seen more intesity at an amateur dart match than I do from regular gym goers. Intensity is one of the biggest factors to achieve results. For intance, if you are training and doing

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