How To Lose Weight Faster And Make The Most Out Of Your Workout Sessions (4 of 4)

The change should be your only constant

Did you know that the body tends to get used to the exercises, if done repeatedly, bringing about no results? Well yes. Just like Anne Frank would keep ranting in her diary about how exhausted she was from eating mashed potatoes every night at dinner throughout her hideout period, so does your body when you make it do the same exercises over and over again. The only difference is that it cannot whine- not literally. Your exercises just cease producing results whatsoever.

It’s important to keep switching up your routine now and then, whenever you can. If you do burpees, squats, treadmill, and mountain climbers today, try squeezing in side-planks or push-ups tomorrow. Keep changing your routine to prevent your body from getting used to it.

You don’t want to expand all that money and energy only to see no changes whatsoever by the end of the month, do you?

Keep changing your cardio machine

We as humans live mundane, monotonous lives, and it’s no news that we’re exhausted and bored with it. To make sure that isn’t the case with you regarding your workout regime- try to spice it up a little by using different types of equipment on different days.

The same set of exercises and their repetitions undoubtedly get boring, so why not change it a bit? Try the treadmill today, maybe the stationary bike tomorrow, and the elliptical trainer next! Keep it interesting.

You don’t want to find yourself sulking and ranting about your monotonous workout routine to your best friend. They’re already tired of hearing you whine about your boss.

Reinforce Your Repetitions

This shouldn’t take you by surprise because probably you already know this fact, but this one should be your supreme goal. Keep increasing your repetitions as much as you can over time. So, if you are used to doing only 15 push-ups; buckle up, work harder and by the end of a month increase it to a 50. That’s how hard you need to train if you want the changes to be reflected in your system.

The thought of increasing the repetitions might sound dreadful when you’ve just been introduced to a new exercise. Especially when you’re falling flat midway through your push up for the umpteenth time. Trust me, it gets better.

You get better at doing them and in no time shall you find yourself working those exercises like a professional, unlike the first time you were familiarised with it.

Don’t let weights haunt you

You might have nightmares now and then of your trainer handing you those 60-pound dumbbells and asking you to squat but hey, you have to battle your fear!

Weighted training is one of the most fruitful and the basic part of working out that demands to be abided by. By adding weights to your exercises, you can boost your metabolism 9x times.

Next time you’re at the gym or working out at your home, aim for the deadlifts and bench presses. Take those 20-pound dumbbells and do the lunges. Push yourself through. In no time shall you find yourself falling in love with weight-training, and soon it’d be all that you’d want to do!

Intensify Your High-Intensity-Interval Training

High-intensity interval training is exactly what it stands for- performing exercises with enough intensity in proper, periodic intervals. You do 40 burpees, nonstop and with the same vigor, cry for a minute, get back up, and perform it again.

Research has proven that incorporating HIIT at least twice or thrice a week can significantly boost your metabolism. Studies have revealed that people who did HIIT for thirty minutes lost far more weight than people who didn’t train hard enough; even if they did it for sixty minutes.

So even if it’s thought itself seems to exhaust you, leaving you shrugging your shoulders; don’t back down.

Keep the above-mentioned factors in mind next time you go for a jog or hit the gym. It’ll not only help you get significant results in no time but also push you towards a happy, healthy lifestyle.

And if you don’t, it’s alright. Life’s too short to let go of the piece of chocolate truffle cake anyway. We all have unique bodies and we should learn to embrace them the way they are. You are beautiful and loved, just the way you are. More power to you!