30-day challenges are an increasingly popular way to plan your workouts, but they have their good and bad sides. Some work and some don’t. Here are a couple of things you should keep in mind before committing to one.
Good Sides
These challenges can be effective if you find ones shared by reputable sources, and do a few at once so you can focus on several areas at the same time. Doing a series of challenges can also be beneficial because you won’t be putting too much stress on one group of muscles while ignoring another.
Another good side of 30-day challenges is that you’ll become more consistent with your workouts, especially if you continue training once the challenge is over. It takes some time to form a new habit, and 30 days is a good place to start.
Bad Sides
Different things work for different people, and there’s no guarantee that the challenge you choose will fit your fitness level. Doing exercises with bad form can do more harm than good and focusing on one area won’t give you the full-body workout you need.
30-day challenges are too simplistic and they don’t emphasize different lifestyle factors you should be focusing on to make real changes. They also fail to stress how important it is to keep on training afterwards, since you can’t magically change your life in 30 days.
