Fat Burning Mistake #4: Repeating the same workout routines over and over
Repeating the same workouts over and over is a surefire way to STOP getting results. We're creatures of habit and we tend to stick to things we're familiar with and good at. But when it comes to your workouts, if you want to keep making progress and keep seeing changes in your body, you've got to start switching things up. Even though I train at a traditional gym (with each piece of equipment designed to do one thing only, not multi functional), my personal belief is we really don’t need to leave our house as long as we have some basic equipment like a medicine ball, a resistance band, one kettlebell, a sturdy chair, maybe a physio (exercise)-ball, & hopefully a full set of stairs.....I train many clients out of their own homes & quickly teach them special techniques that drive fitness results home very fast.
You see, your body has an amazingly ability to adapt quickly and when it does, that's when you hit the dreaded plateau and you stop making progress. Utilizing your own body weight in effective movements can combine 3 different components of your fitness (Cardio, Muscular strength & endurance) for maximum results and the possibilities are endless with these exercises.
With so many movements out there to choose, I suggest this. Start with you own body weight & think of how many different ways you can support it based upon your anchor points (hands & feet) with moving as many joints as possible. Here are a few examples: Chair dips with a leg raise, walk like a duck, bear crawl on all fours, star jumps or some more traditional with added twists: Squat while performing an over head press with just your hands, over course body alignment is critical when moving like this. Another idea is to be in push up position and you have two options, perform a push up as your raise one leg straight up or after push up raiser one arm straight over head with a rotation of the head/spine to follow that hand to make a sideways T.
The idea is to take basic body weight exercises like squats (lower body), push ups (upper body), dips (upper body), pull ups, and various styles of walking (full body) and get them to be full body movements by moving as many joints as possible while maintaining great form. I NEVER perform the same workout with a client, it is always progressing & building off the basics of how we move our joints & that leeds to a strong core. No two sessions should ever be alike and that is how a person never repeats what they are doing, its two easy NOT too!
