Not Varying Your Exercise Routine
You may need to start lifting heavier, increase
your repetitions or rely on more compound movements to get out of your
workout rut. To help you cut down on your gymnasium time while netting bigger
muscle-building results, we have listed below some of the mistakes most
commonly seen.
You are repeating the same and tried-and-true
moves.
We love squats and lunges, bicep curls and
overhead presses but it is time to shake things up. There are two reasons
doing these movements repeatedly do not work. One, you need to give muscles
time to recover and heal, so they can build. If you repeat the same movements, there
is no recovery time. Two, your muscles adapt quickly to exercise. Our bodies
essentially figure out how to do less work while doing the same routines.
Varying your training will keep your body guessing and your muscles building.
You are sticking to the same weight.
If you
graduated to a 20-pound medicine ball long ago and are still hoisting
the same weight, it is time to move up. Additional stress on your muscles is
essential for repairing and rebuilding, which is what makes them stronger.
Follow this advice: If repetition one and ten feel similar, increase the weight
you are lifting. Lifting heavier loads also allows you to do more work in the
same amount of time. Thus, shorter, more effective workout sessions.
You are sticking to the same repetitions.
You do not always have to
increase your load. If you want to increase strength, doing more
repetitions can be just as effective. In a study on men who did full-body
resistance training, those who performed 20 to 25 repetitions with lighter
weights saw equal strength gains as those who lifted heavier weights and
completed eight to 12 repetitions. As long as you lift until your muscles are
fatigued, you can get just as good results. The benefit about structuring your
workout as you like it is that you are more likely to stay consistent with your
routine - and that is what will help you build muscle.
You are hyper focused on your abs.
Separate abdominal muscle
workouts are fine but they may not be the best use of your session. If you are
crunched for time, it may be more effective to build core strength with
compound movements that work multiple muscles at once. For instance, squats,
kettlebell swings, renegade rows, deadlifts and thrusters may not seem
like classic abdominal muscle moves but they all engage the core. Overhead
movements are also a great way to turn your abdominal muscles on, including
push presses or overhead walking lunges.
You have too many cardio workouts in your
routine.
If you are a stickler for
worrying about cardio first, strength training second, you may want to
flip that thinking. Evaluate your fitness goals. If you want to reduce body
fat and gain lean muscle, it is best to incorporate weights and ditch long
steady-state cardio sessions because the two are working against each other. To
keep up your cardio-respiratory fitness and ensure the top-notch calorie-burn
of cardio, two or three days of a high intensity interval training session
(HIIT), can get the job done. And if activities, like running longer distances,
are meaningful to you, then you may have to readjust your goals, which is
totally fine too.
You are not varying the intensity.
Speaking of HIIT, if you roll into the weight
room and toggle through the same exercises at the same clip, it may help
to kick it up a notch. According to a study in Physiological Reports,
doing eight weeks of high-intensity, low-repetitive resistance training boosted
strength and lean muscle mass gains better than moderate intensity,
higher-repetitive workouts. In the high-intensity group, participants did four
sets of three to five repetitions. In between sets, they rested for three
minutes. The moderate-intensity group did four sets of 10-12 repetitions. On
the other hand, they rested for one minute in between sets. Why the better
results? The authors say that the multi-joint movements the high-intensity
group used (deadlifts and bench presses) improved strength gains and the
higher-intensity movements recruited more muscle fibres.
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