Many people fall into daily routines including fitness and eating habits, some routines are good to keep us in line, but workout routines will drive is to NO RESULTS and frustration after spending so much time trying to shape our bodies. The best thing to do, is to change your workouts every 3 weeks maximum or sooner, and weightloss will be achieved faster without falling into "plateu" or no results. If you are a runner, do weight training with jumping jacks or kick boxing or take a spinning class. Variety will help in slimming down for as slong as we are eating clean. So if you find yourself stuck on the same number for weeks, try a new aerobic class, a dance class, or a lot of repetitions of an exercise that you never do; otherwise, you might get discouraged by not obtaining the results expected after so much effort.
So get a notepad and make yourself a schedule of different excersices for different weeks. Nobody likes routines, not even our muscular cells. That is why those DVDs like P90x,Insanity, and crossfit gyms work so well; there is nothing magical about the programs, they are just designed by professionals that understand the importance on exercise variety, so that our bodies are in fat burning mode at all times. Mixing pulling and pushing exercises also work well. So remember that variety is Key!
I agree with incorporating weight training into a workout routine. Some people are not into weight lifting but what they dont realize is that muscle mass in the body creates nice curves and hardness to the body. Who doesn't want that!? Also, us women who have had children have lost alot of elasticity to the skin and when we get thin and skinny we get saggy unfortunately. Adding muscle mass to our body helps "fill" in our body and create a strong youthful appearance. Although most women desire to be thin and skinny, most men prefer a thick lean body anyways. hahahaha well at least Latin men do LOL
ReplyDeleteI totally agree and just proved it myself. I changed my workout routine that I had for six months, 60 min on the elliptical to 60 min of Zumba, and lost 2 lbs in 1.5 weeks.
ReplyDeleteKathyRn, I am so gald to hear that you noticed the change in your body. you can do 20 min of each, overtraining can make you decrease performance. Keep up the good work!
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