Years ago, before not knowing anything about fitness, I believed that I needed to spend hours at the gym to have an effective workout. By hours I mean 2 to 3 hours. I was obsessed with going to the gym and trying all the exercises from the book. And I think that most women think that it is good to correct to expend hours at the gym.
And let me tell you; that you don’t need to. Especially if you don’t have the time or you have a busy schedule. This mentality can be one of the causes that you probably don’t want to work out. Because of the time and that can lead to you not to workout at all. So, it is time to stop thinking about spending time at the gym and more time planning and utilizing the time that you have available.
To help you a bit here are some tips that you can put into practice to achieve and short and effective workout session:
- Plan in adnavces
I can not stress the essence of planning and writing down when you will be working out, which days you will train each body part, and what will be the exercises that you will be performing in does days. You can do these ones per week every Friday or Sunday but try to do it before you start a new week.
Seat down and think about your fitness goal, and on-base, on that goal, you will design your workout session. For example: If your goal is to lose weight and you can just train 3 times per week. a recommendation could be, incorporate a full-body workout, high-intensity exercises, or group cardio session.
For the full-body workout: Choose 3 to 2 body groups, for example, Legs, shoulders, and chest, for each body part 2 exercises that target that muscle group.
Group Cardio: go to the classes that your gym offers. It can be Zumba, pilates.
Hight Intensity exercises: You can join a Crossfit club
2. Shorted your rest time
Shorting your rest time will definitely cut the time you will spend in the gym. But the time you will short will depend on the intensity you will be working out. The recommendation is from 1 min- to 90 seconds. Also, if you get distracted during our rest time between sets, put a timer to help you out and maintain your focus.
3. Incorporated compound movements into your exercise session
Compound movements are exercises that youse several muscles to perform an exercise, like the squat, chest press, or deadlift. Structure your workout session with 3-4 exercises and that the majority of those are compound movements. And the days that you have more time you can incorporate accessory exercises.
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