Has your workout hit a plateau? To be effective, working out should be balance between following a routine until your body adapts to it, and then changing it so your body can feel a challenge again. This is important for your body to grow and achieve the results you want! Here are a few ways you can change your routine:

Weight lifting
Change any of the following: the number of sets, fewer or more repetitions, more or less weight, the speed with which you lift, basically anything you DON’T usually do or haven’t done in awhile. When you feel your body has to work harder to keep up, you know you are doing the right thing!

Cardio
When doing fat-burning training, you can change the machine you are working on, do an uphill hike instead of a run, or ride a bike outside instead of a stationary bike indoors. Whatever “shocks” your body is good for progress and creates better results.

Of course, changes should be implemented one at a time and not all at once. And for people who exercise constantly and have a tendency to over-exercise, a break of several days may actually be the change that is needed and the most effective.

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