Lifting Tip - Switch Training Times

You hear a lot about changing your lifting weight, speed and exercises and it's all great advice but do you know that even a simple adjustment, like changing the time of day you exercise can make a huge difference?

The body responds to change. When you do the same routine all of the time your body says "Hey I know what comes next, no problem!"

If your body is used to a workout it means the routine is within your ability.

You don't want this!

You want your body to feel challenged so it can work toward being able to conquer the routine. This stimulates changes in the body. When you can get through a routine without feel exerted, it's time to change it again.

Humans are creatures of habit. We love our routines. So when we change it up on ourselves it throws our bodies off. This is a great thing to do when you are exercising toward a goal.

Sometimes we don't have a lot of equipment to switch up exercises and weight amounts so try changing the time of day and the days of the week you exercise.

If you are used to cardio in the morning and weights at night, do them both in the morning or night instead. Or you could do weights in the morning and cardio at night. If you exercise on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, switch it up to Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Your body will say "Hey! I'm not used to working out now. What's going on?"

It will be forced to keep up and try to adapt to the changes.

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