It’s easy to get stuck in the same routine: Go to the gym, run on the treadmill, lift weights, do crunches, repeat.
But that’s not an effective way to workout.
Your body will get used to a workout if you do it too frequently and it will slowly become less effective as time goes on.
Says Harley Pasternak:
“Try to remember the first cup of coffee you ever had. It probably made you feel pretty hyperactive, jittery and anxious. After a few weeks of drinking coffee, you needed to supersize your cups. The stimulant that once gave you that sudden energy rush stopped having the same effect. Unless you want to spend hours in the gym lifting tons of weight, you have to find a way to avoid becoming acclimated, which happens quickly with the same old routine. By switching different exercise variables, you can avoid hitting a strength plateau without having to continuously add more weight and time to your workouts.”
Harvey suggest changing 2-4 of these variables every week:
1. Weight
2. Sets
3. Reps
4. Rest times
The more you vary your workout, the more you will get out of it!
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