By Rono - ISSA-CPT, WITS-CPT
"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it" ~ Jim Rohn
When it comes to working out most people in gym give off the impression that they have a endless amount of time. I see people sitting starring into the mirror endlessly, having long chit chats, or even worst talking on the cell phone while doing cardio - the elliptical machine at that. All I know is you can't be working out hard if you can hold a conversation, because hard work is usually followed by "heavy breathing".
When you come to the gym unless you absolutely have to keep it with you, leave the cell phone the car or in the locker room. Another problem I am a witness to is the guys working only on the "mirror muscles" using isolated movements. To be more efficient in your work outs don’t waste time working small muscles with isolated movements. The body is a system and that system is not meant to be isolated. Compound exercises (exercise that involve multiple muscle groups) require you to use your entire body and muscles all together. Isolated exercises simply won’t give you the biggest bang for your buck, because they don’t require or recruit that many muscle fibers. When you recruit more muscle fibers, the result is more calories burned, more muscle fibers stressed, and better results in less time. If you goal is to lose weight (fat) or improve your overall fitness level then working your entire body collectively will give you better results. In reality or the real world you use your entire body together lifting groceries, furniture, babies, doing yard work, and other activities of daily living. So why would you focus on one muscle at a time. The body has over 600 muscles, that makes for a pretty long workout.
When you are doing cardio you should increase your intensity to elevate your heart rate. So instead of for example running on the treadmill or elliptical at the same speed for 30 minutes to 1 hour, you will achieve better results by doing a interval program where the speed and intensity of the exercise is changing throughout the 15 - 30 minutes. By doing your cardio this way you will have possibly cut your workout time in half and increased the total amount of calories burned in a shorter period of time. I'm sorry but I assume we all have lives, families, and other things we'd like to be doing rather than hanging out in a sweaty gym. Please let me know if actually like hanging out at the gym all day - you may qualify to be a crazy Personal Trainer like me.
So use your time effectively and efficiently by doing total body exercises working multiple muscle groups together , cardio in a interval program, and limiting rest periods. The bottom line is that you can accomplish more with less time. You will be burning more calories in your workout session and achieve greater results. Sounds like a win - win to me. I thought that's what we all wanted, right?
How do you save time in your workouts?
Be Well.
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By Rono - ISSA-CPT, WITS-CPT
"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it" ~ Jim Rohn
When it comes to working out most people in gym give off the impression that they have a endless amount of time. I see people sitting starring into the mirror endlessly, having long chit chats, or even worst talking on the cell phone while doing cardio - the elliptical machine at that. All I know is you can't be working out hard if you can hold a conversation, because hard work is usually followed by "heavy breathing".
When you come to the gym unless you absolutely have to keep it with you, leave the cell phone the car or in the locker room. Another problem I am a witness to is the guys working only on the "mirror muscles" using isolated movements. To be more efficient in your work outs don’t waste time working small muscles with isolated movements. The body is a system and that system is not meant to be isolated. Compound exercises (exercise that involve multiple muscle groups) require you to use your entire body and muscles all together. Isolated exercises simply won’t give you the biggest bang for your buck, because they don’t require or recruit that many muscle fibers. When you recruit more muscle fibers, the result is more calories burned, more muscle fibers stressed, and better results in less time. If you goal is to lose weight (fat) or improve your overall fitness level then working your entire body collectively will give you better results. In reality or the real world you use your entire body together lifting groceries, furniture, babies, doing yard work, and other activities of daily living. So why would you focus on one muscle at a time. The body has over 600 muscles, that makes for a pretty long workout.
When you are doing cardio you should increase your intensity to elevate your heart rate. So instead of for example running on the treadmill or elliptical at the same speed for 30 minutes to 1 hour, you will achieve better results by doing a interval program where the speed and intensity of the exercise is changing throughout the 15 - 30 minutes. By doing your cardio this way you will have possibly cut your workout time in half and increased the total amount of calories burned in a shorter period of time. I'm sorry but I assume we all have lives, families, and other things we'd like to be doing rather than hanging out in a sweaty gym. Please let me know if actually like hanging out at the gym all day - you may qualify to be a crazy Personal Trainer like me.
So use your time effectively and efficiently by doing total body exercises working multiple muscle groups together , cardio in a interval program, and limiting rest periods. The bottom line is that you can accomplish more with less time. You will be burning more calories in your workout session and achieve greater results. Sounds like a win - win to me. I thought that's what we all wanted, right? How do you save time in your workouts?
Be Well.