Have you ever reached a plateau in your workout routines when you felt that you were going nowhere? You suddenly find that you are weaker and you have put on a few pounds ? And this setback happens almost overnight when a few days ago you were looking good, gaining strength and losing a bit of that awful fat. This happens to almost everyone so not to worry !
I know lots of guys who stick religiously to 3 sets of 10-12 reps for each exercise. They also have the classic rest of a few minutes between their sets. These guys look like they are on auto-pilot! Let us look at a few examples to help you get more creative:
* Why not 10 sets of 3 , with just a mere 20 seconds of rest between the sets?
* Have you thought about using a lighter than normal weight – try 1 set of 50 reps for each exercise.
* Go for close to your maximum weight and 10 sets of 1 rep, with 30 seconds rest between sets.
* Try a heavier weight and go for 6 sets of 6 reps and you can do a sprint on the treadmill for 3 minutes between each set of weight lifting.
* Choose one full body exercise – that would be , say, a dumbbell squat and presses. Do that exercise for a full 20 minutes. That is pretty intense but it does vary the routine.
* Do a workout based on your bodyweight only – so go for the push-ups, pull-ups, chin-ups and dips. Add in a few squats and lunges.
* Do a full circuit (12 different exercises) which cover the whole body –no rest between exercises.
* Next time round, do the same as above but change the order round – last one first and so on.
* Vary your speeds – on one workout go for faster repetition – on the next one go at dead slow speed
* Try to vary your weekly routine – one week you can do three workouts of an hour each. Next week, change that to five shorter workouts of just 30 minutes each.
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