Sharpen up Your Gym Plan for Spring
- Remove boredom from training
- Fun workout ideas for better results
Giving yourself a boost with your gym plan could be easier than you think.
It’s easy for your gym plan to get stale and boring but how about trying something new?
With a couple of these new ideas, you will build up your strength in no time.
Spring an excellent time to improve your fitness levels and with lighter nights plus warmer weather (hopefully), there are fewer excuses.
Not everybody is into training in the gym all year round but it certainly has advantages now that the January rush has passed!
Here are a couple of training regimes that I include in personalised training plans on the RYPT app…
Supersets
If one exercise isn’t difficult enough, try two back to back! Particularly if it’s the same muscle group, you’ll hit fatigue a lot sooner and manage to squeeze much more into your workout.
This is one of my favourite workout types as it is so efficient and I hate to waste time in the gym. Get in, get out and do something else is my belief (enjoying it too obviously but a high intensity when I’m there).
You can play around with this and have more of a cardiovascular workout for example an upper body exercise supersetted with a lower body exercise (or even abdominal exercise). The possibilities are endless.
Timed endurance
Working against the clock is a great way to improve your endurance and also get a cardiovascular workout at the same time.
45 seconds or a minute may not seem like a long time but that perception soon changes when you are working out!
Not only will you sweat a lot more with this type of workouts but they are great for improving lung capacity (ideal for cardio training).
Isometric contraction
Put simply, this involves holding an exercise in a set position rather than repetitions.
You really feel the muscles contract and it is great for hitting fatigue.
The buildup of lactic acid is similar to what you experience by doing long bouts of cardiovascular exercise.
The timeframe can be adjusted and can be varied if it’s performed at the start or end of the movement.
If you’re looking at building up strength, this is perfect. However, always be mindful of maintaining good technique (especially when the back is involved).
One of the toughest workout sessions that I’ve followed was a variation of this that involved a six second hold at three points on every single repetition. That was brutal.
These concepts are only a couple of the hundreds available on the the RYPT app. Signing up is simple and you’ll even get a free health assessment. Ask me how!
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Ross
