Whether you're just starting a new workout routine or you've had one for ages, there are a few fitness mistakes to consider when it comes to maximizing your results. Too often, not enough thought goes into what our bodies require when we exercise which can lead to injury and a lack of results.

By having these 4 common fitness mistakes on your radar, you'll be better equipped to prevent injuries, provide your body with critical nutrients, improve your endurance, reduce your recovery time and improve your overall health and wellness.

Is your workout routine consistent?

Your body responds best to consistent workouts. Wouldn't you agree that it's much harder to form the exercise habit without a regular routine? Staying consistent with the time and frequency of your workouts will provide quicker results, especially when it comes to natural weight loss and putting on lean muscle mass.

While it's true that working out occasionally is better than not working out at all, the long-term cardiovascular and weight loss benefits of exercise are enhanced with a consistent workout routine.

The chaos of the modern day busy lifestyle is understandable, but creating a non-compromise workout schedule is key to good health. If you have trouble staying motivated, focus on your end result and how you'll feel when you achieve it. Soon enough, working out consistently will make you feel so good that you won't be willing to miss a day!

Trying to fast track your fitness goals is admirable, but pushing yourself too hard can put you further behind. This is important to note especially if you are just beginning, mainly for the purpose of sticking to your new routine.

We agree: it's necessary to challenge yourself. But you mustn't make your workouts too aggressive. Moderate stress from exercise is good for the body, but pushing too hard will create negative stress. Negative stress is detrimental and increases your chance of injury, reduces endurance and lengthens recovery time.

If you're just starting out, begin with light cardio such as a 25 minute walk rather than going straight for a one hour intensive session. In the following workout, you may add an additional 5 minutes and so on. An intense and strenuous workout will not get instant results or put you any further ahead than beginning with a realistic routine that you can ease into.

During a workout, you lose water and electrolytes such as sodium, magnesium and potassium through sweating. In order to prevent muscle cramping and support your cardiovascular system, you must replenish with adequate water as well as electrolytes through nutritional supplements.

Avoid the sugary sports drinks wherever possible and instead choose coconut water and electrolyte-rich nutritional supplements, such as blue-green algae and chlorella.

It's also important to note that intense physical activity can cause your blood pH to become more acidic. This is due to the buildup of lactic acid, a byproduct of anaerobic cellular respiration. Anaerobic cellular respiration kicks in when not enough oxygen is being supplied to your muscle tissue during intense physical activity.

Having an acidic pH can suppress your immune system, so be sure to incorporate alkaline foods into your post workout meals. Fresh organic fruits and vegetables, algae and chlorella powder will help to neutralize the acidity and build up your immune system.

Pre-workout nutritional supplements are popular with athletes and are typically made with caffeine. While caffeine can be helpful for energy in the short term, it promotes dehydration, kidney stress, imbalanced blood sugar levels and increased blood pressure.

The better alternative? Try a herbal supplement, such as an adaptogen.

Not only do adaptogens improve mental clarity and focus just as pre-workout supplements do, but they also provide steady energy without the caffeine crash. Adaptogens have earned their name by helping the body adapt to stress, which can reduce the length of your recovery time. Regularly taking an adaptogenic herb, such as Organic Sun Eleuthero, you can greatly improve the quality of your workouts and eliminate other potentially harmful energy boosting supplements.

In addition to these 4 tips, it's important to remember the basic fundamentals of a healthy workout routine: stretching before and after workouts, plenty of rest, water and eating foods essential to your health and wellness that are rich in lean protein, healthy fats, complex carbohydrates and antioxidant vitamins.

About Brandi Wagner, RHN
Brandi Wagner is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist from Vancouver, B.C. Experiencing her own health challenges at a young age led her to become passionate about educating on the healing properties of food, and how to achieve hormone balance, clear skin and sustainable weight loss naturally. In her spare time you'll find Brandi writing in her blog and hanging out with her teacup chihuahua, Coconut.

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