Change is Good

When it comes to working out, there is one thing you can almost guarantee – change is good. Getting in shape is all about challenging your body, putting it under a controlled degree of stress that allows it to adapt and improve. Do it right and you will lose fat and gain muscle – in short, get in shape. But after a while, guess what? You stop challenging your body, and in response, your body stops adapting. The answer is simple – accept that change is good. Once you realise that your workout programme needs to constantly adapt, it becomes much easier to find ways to break out of the rut.

Accepting the 'Change is Good' doctrine is easy. Here are just a few ways that you can spice up your workouts – apply your mind and you'll soon come up with plenty of your own.

Cardio workouts:

• Do some interval training
• Try a new piece of cardio equipment
• Do a mixed cardio workout (e.g. 10 minutes each on the stepper, the bike, the treadmill, the rower)
• Sign up for a new class

• Change the intensity – one day per week do a workout with minimal rest between sets.
• Target one body part per workout to work to exhaustion
• Experiment with changing around your reps and weights – do some heavier low rep sessions, and then some lighter high rep sessions
• Look for new exercises to add to your workout – add one per week

• Find a training partner
• Work with a personal trainer for a while
• Train for a race or an event

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