10 ways to exercise smarter not harder

on 1/13/2009 by trifm | filed in: Strength Training
Makeing exercising a fun activity will help you stick with the program more easily. Here are some ideas on how to be more efficient with your workouts while still keeping it fun.

1. Set a time limit on all your workouts. End the workout if you run over.

2. Exercise larger muscle groups before the smaller ones. I.e... Back, Legs and Chest before shoulders and arms.

3. Change your workout plan up from time to time.

4. Treat your time in the gym as if it is your most important time of the day.

5. Make the workouts at the beginning of the week harder than those toward the end of the week.

6. Take at least one day off a week from doing any form of exercising.

7. Change your cardiovascular equipment up each time you exercise.

8. Monitor your heart rate all the time.

9. Go over your workout in your head before you start.

10. Efficiency is more important than length. Have a number of reps in your head before each time you do a set.

These are just a few things I have learned over the last 2.5 years of training years.
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OldeButGoode DareDevil
January 14, 2009
7:50 PM
Well said - thanks !!

 
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