Workout Tips To Save Time

Some of us are living in a fast pace lifestyle trying to keep up with the demands of work, the household and our kids. So we tend to believe that we do not have the time to exercise and as usual we put it last on the to do list or at the back of mind, hoping it will happen one day when we 'have the time'.

REALITY CHECK: if will never happen when you 'have the time'. It will only happy if you are smarter with your time and exercise strategies and here's how......

*Use your most efficient tool to train and that is your BODY WEIGHT - forget thinking you need all those weights or gym equipment to train. Using your own body weight to do just a couple of exercises is the best way, that way you can do them anywhere and anytime. You will also be working on your mobility and flexibility and gaining strength by using your body weight.

*Full multi functional moves - Your workout list will be endless if you just do one single exercise at a time eg 12 Squats, 12 Back Rows, 12 Push Ups and 1 min Plank. Why not try a multi functional exercise where you start with a Squat, then crawl forward into a push up, then turn into a side to side plank! Like this you challenging the body from head to toe. You are targeting the exact same muscles (legs, back, chest, arms and core) as you were with the previous method, but now you are targeting them all at once saving you heaps of time. You are also challenging the body in a new way too, in order to handle a multi functional move.

*Try 15 mins workouts - Long gone are the days where you have to spend endless hours in the gym on a treadmill or waiting for that gym machine. Short and compact full body workouts can be done easily within 15 mins if you have the right set of moves. Doing this on a regular basis will definitively increase your results.

*Circuit style - If you enjoy a good dumbbell workout where you need to focus on one exercise at a time with weights, then why not try to do them one after the other in a circuit. So you complete your entire list of exercises and only rest in the end when the entire set of the list is done. This gives your body a new challenge, keeps your heart rate up, great for fat burning and saves you all that time you would have spent resting between one exercise to the next.

*Focus on engaging the muscle throughout the routine - If you focus your concentration on the muscles that you are working on and engage them properly, you will be working harder and see even better results as your focus is on one area and your body is more conscious to working harder and smarter.

*Do your exercise between other daily functions - Do some squats as you brush your teeth, do some tricep dips off your desk chair, perform some lunges while you are talking on the phone, hold a plank during the song or commercial break of your tv show. While your child is at their sports practice, do not always just sit there for the whole hour and watch, get up and go for a 10-20 min jog or a 30 min workout in the park near by.

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