Following on from yesterday regarding whole body workouts, I think the point was made that we don’t have to be obsessed with treadmills, bikes etc, and doing your workouts properly were more about working smarter rather than mindlessly going on a treadmill every time you go to a gym.
Combining different circuits and exercises in a gym are not only hugely productive, but they make your training far more exciting and interesting too.
As we were talking about treadmills etc, why not use your 45 minutes a bit more wisely and do a triathlon of sorts when you go into the gym to do your cardio work. 15 minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the bike and 10 minutes on the rower will be a superb workout that will test your cardiovascular system to the limit, and look its all done in 40 minutes instead of 45 minutes.
Don’t be obsessed with working out for a certain time in the gym either, do enough to get the job done and a lot of the best workouts can be done in 30 minutes if you work at the right intensity.
How many times have you seen people doing one set of an exercise in the gym, then talking for another five minutes, then do another set, then talk for 5 minutes etc and this may go on for an hour or even 90 minutes. This is TOTALLY the way NOT to train, and if you see someone training like this, they will have serious shortcomings in the results they are getting.
As I said yesterday, 6-8 exercises is enough whether you’re using gym machines or exercises you do using your own bodyweight (which is often harder anyway). Just try and work up to 3 circuits and you’ll be in great shape.
Another great standard to work up to would be doing one exercises continuously for 60 seconds, then move on to the next one and so on until 6-8 exercises are completed.
This is far tougher than you think but will get serious results. You need to be in decent condition already though to do this and starting off doing an exercise for 20 seconds would be a better start.
This more or less non-stop way of exercising is massive in terms of producing results so why not give it a go, and forget about antiquated ways of doing your training.
Life is too short to spend all day exercises and this way you’re going to be guaranteed better results so lets go for it!!
