5 Ways to Fast Track Your Strength Training
November 21, 2008
Get your muscles into gear and maximise the results you get from strength training.
1. Burn it up.
Increase the rate you burn calories by swapping between upper body and lower body exercise without a break. This raises your heart rate for a great cardio workout. Include in one workout a week.
2. Lower the weight.
You will be doing 3 sets of weight exercise. Start with a weight that will fatigue your muscles after a set of 8 repeats; drop the weight for the second set and lower weight again for the third set. Be cautious though – this technique impacts the muscles significantly and must only be included in your workout once every 4 weeks.
3. More work in less time.
Save time by using more than one muscle group in a single exercise. Combine 2 strengthening activities to burn extra calories. Lunge while doing biceps curls; squat with front shoulder raise. This can be added to your routine once a week as it is not very fatiguing to muscles.
4. Get your balance.
Supporting your weight on only one leg while performing strength training exercises will bring your core muscles into play which will help to create flatter abs. You may need to lighten your weight at first as the balancing will require more muscle effort. This is a very effective technique for core strength. To make the core muscles work even harder, try closing your eyes. This affects your balance and makes the core muscles work harder.
5. Back them up.
You usually work different muscle goups by alternating the type of exercises you perform. Maximise the effect on a single mucle group by doing consecutive exercises using the same muscle group. Do crunches followed by sit-ups; lunges follwed by squats; reverse crunches after bicycles. Only add this technique to your workout twice a month.
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