STRENGTH
WORKOUTS
Spring clean your...
Constantly
mixing things up
A little variety – a
bootcamp session here,
a few new plyometric
moves there – can help
spice up your workout
routine, but switch
activities too frequently
and it becomes hard to
measure your progress.
Reason? You don’t have
anything to compare
it to. Have at least two
sessions that are the
same week after week.
That way, you notice
when you start getting
more proficient at a
move, when you can
use heavier weights,
or when you don’t feel
as spent during an
explosive exercise.Forcing classic
cardio into your
strength sessions^
It won’t produce the
muscle definition you’re
after. It’s better to do
strength workouts with
aerobic payoff. “I prefer
supersetting strength
moves – doing two
exercises back-to-back
with no rest – to keep
intensity high and heart
rate up, and to work
muscles quickly,” says
trainer Heidi Powell,
co-author of Extreme
Transformation: Lifelong
Weight Loss in 21 Days.Experts say the way a lot of us approach the
weight room is akin to a toddler at playgroup:
short attention span and stuff all over the
place. “Too many women try to do too many
things in their strength workouts, and they
end up getting very little done,” says
exercise physiologist Greg Justice.
Below, two habits to ditch, now: