One of the most popular questions I get asked is “which exercise is best, or my friend just goes to spinning classes and she has lost a stone, or my friends just runs and he feels and looks amazing now, or my friends just do yoga and they swear by it”! You get the picture but here’s the answer!
They are all partly right but entirely miss the point when it comes to constructing a valid programme that will serve you well for the short and long term, and keep you getting sustainable results.
Spinning is great for example, but to say it should be 100% of your programme is misguided, delusional and you will be missing out on much better results if you put more variety in your programme.
Spinning should be 10% of your programme.
The running should be 10% of your programme (assuming you have good knees and a sound back or you could run into problems).
Yoga is great, but again should be incorporated into your programme, rather than become ALL of your programme.
Weight training and body weight training should be a fundamental part of your programme, but doesn’t need to be the overwhelming part. You should work your entire body every workout, therefore needing just 2-3 workouts a week maximum.
You also do not need the 4-5 sets per exercise, and you don’t need the 3-4 exercises per body part like some do.
Choosing one exercise per body fat for 2-3 sets of 8 reps will work very well for you, IF done with real intensity and progress keeps happening for you, which it WILL if you are doing it properly!!
Bosu ball, balance work, fitball work should also be a big part of your workout plan, and done a minimum of 2-3 times a week, but doesn’t by any means need to be the whole of your workout.
Same with boxing, a big part of everyone’s training I teach, but done at the end of most workouts but very valuable all the same.
We work hard with ropes in the gym that will bring amazing results, and so do sandbags and tyres, as well as sledgehammers.
My job is making people’s workouts brutally efficient, saving lots of time meaning you can concentrate on the exercises that REALLY count, and you can get much variety than you every imagined!!
So a little bit of a long answer, but that’s the truth when it comes to which exercises you should/could be doing for amazing results!!
