Seven Ways to
Make Your Exercise Routine More Effective
Stuck with a routine that no longer produces
result? What do you think you need to do to make it more effective? If your answer is to
add more weights, do more sets and exercises, then you are missing something. Little
wonder few people enjoy exercising because it is getting harder and harder, and more
boring to do!
Here are some simple ways to make continuous gains to your current routine:
1) Instead of adding exercises, change the exercises. This alone will spark new gains.
2) Cut short the rest time between sets. This will make the routine harder to do and this
will produce new result.
3) Change the order of exercises. By doing so, the old exercises seem new again.
4) Do the same exercises but work at a slightly different angle. Hold the weight with a
slightly wider grip, stand a little narrow will all bring an impact to the routine
positively.
5) Slow down the tempo of the exercise. Instead of the usual 1-2 sec up and down tempo,
try to train 4 secs up, 4 secs down. Can you say 'burn'?
6) Add a two seconds contraction to the exercise at the completion of every reps.
7) For cardio training, you can try to work at different inclinations (for treadmil or
outdoor running), speed, resistance level (on cross-trainer or stepper) etc.
Try to do one or two of the above and you will be seeing new gains again.
