Train with ‘strange’ items.
Go to your local tire shop and get a car or truck tire. Roll or flip it up a hill or around the backyard. You have everything you need for an excellent full body workout. Other items to try include sandbags and ropes.
Hit the cable
You can achieve any angle of resistance you want when you use cables. You can use light weights to tone and define the smaller muscles that get missed when using larger exercises like the bench press. Mix up angles to keep your muscles guessing.
Hit the superset.
Instead of doing all your sets in a row of just one exercise, alternate between two or more exercises with little rest. This will keep your heart rate up which will encourage you to burn fat. Try to avoid similar workouts with this technique as your muscles will burn very quickly.
Hit overdrive.
Dig deep and find it within yourself to eke out those few extra reps. This will be the difference between mediocre results and actually achieving the desired results. When you think you’ve done your last rep, try three more.
Go natural with your food.
Keep your diet ‘clean’ by eating berries, fruits and vegetables as much as possible. Add some raw nuts, green tea and water and you’ve got most of your diet covered.
Keep power lunches on the menu.
Make lunch time a recurring meeting that you block off in your diary for a run or workout. If you’ve had a bad morning, it will freshen up your day too! Put yourself first and make this meeting non-negotiable.
Fill the water
The more you drink water and keep your stomach from emptying, the less likely you are to crave unhealthy foods. Keep a glass or bottle handy and reach for it before you reach for a snack.
Shock your body.
Make changes to your routine so that you are not stuck in a rut. If you usually lift between 8 and 12 reps, switch to heavy lifting between 4 and 5 reps for a while.
get started.
If you’re struggling for motivation, at least start your workout early, even if it means you’ll only do one set. Chances are you’ll keep going anyway and complete your entire workout.
Source by James Kerrison
