Workout Routines!!! Changing up our workout routines is great for getting good fitness results and not falling victim to the dreaded plateau, when you stall in your fitness results. Our bodies are very good at adapting to a routine and becoming more efficient. This is unwelcome news for those of us who are creatures of habit and like to do the same things day in and day out. To gain real change and progression from our fitness workouts, we need to change things up and not give our bodies a chance to adapt and get used to the same things. I have also fallen victim to using the same workouts day in and day out, and with no surprise, I didn’t get the results I was after. I now change my workouts all the time.
If your day to day, week to week, month to month workout is predictable, the chances are you will not be seeing the results you are working so hard for.
You are most probably stuck in a fitness plateau.
This can be tough to break… Or, not so tough…
All you need is the same amount of commitment and same level of motivation but a different strategy and execution. The perfect anti-dote for the dreaded fitness plateau is CHANGE!!!!
Insanity is often thought of as, doing the same thing over and over again but, expecting a different result. So, doing the same workout over and over again and expecting a different result (and more specifically improvements) is insane!!!
A saner approach is to embrace change. With change comes great rewards. If you need help with changing up your program, message me on the contacts page and we can discuss further. Change can be as simple as:
- Mixing up your repetitions or sets
- Doing different exercises
- Adding a couple of HIIT session into your program
- Changing from low intensity to high intensity
- Working out 5 days instead of 4 days
- Exercising for 30 minutes at high intensity instead of 60 minutes at low intensity
- Having a rest week or deload week (more gentle)
At the beginning of any program it is important to outline your objectives, identify your best strategy, plan your program and have a clear plan on what your follow up program will look like. Following a program provided by a fitness professional is designed to get you optimum results. So, if you can follow your program unequivocally, that is great. However, when life happens or unexpected things pop up, you need flexibility to change your program.
Also, the more you monitor your progress, the better equipped you are at making necessary changes along the way, getting you better results and ideally avoiding plateauing.
An example routine:
- Monday: Chest
- Tuesday: Rest Day
- Wednesday: Triceps/Biceps
- Thursday: Shoulders
- Friday: Back
- Saturday: Full Body Workout
- Sunday: Legs
Example of changing your routine:
- Monday: Chest/Back
- Tuesday: Legs/Shoulders
- Wednesday: Kickboxing
- Thursday: Rest Day
- Friday: Triceps/Biceps
- Saturday: Full Body Workout
- Sunday: HIIT session
Many fitness professionals recommend changing your workout every 4-6 weeks. However, I personally like to change my workout routines every week. For me it keeps it interesting, I get superior results, and it is a lot more fun.