Workouts can get
boring. We find ourselves doing the same
things over and over. It’s easier, but
any time we find ourselves settling for what is easy, we might be in
trouble. Our bodies make progress when
they are challenged, and challenge comes from change. Some ideas to mix things up:
• Change venue. If we usually work out in the gym, we can
take it outside and vice versa. We can
run a new route, or even the same loop the other way around. We can add hills to our bike workout, or
maybe a few sets of bleacher stairs when we’re at the track.
• Take a class. No, not that one we go to every week. Some other class. Even if it’s still yoga, the teacher will
have a different perspective. Or maybe
we could try the one we’ve never heard of before.
• Make it heavy. A lot of us like the variety of doing a bunch
of different exercises in a workout. If
we plan the occasional heavy workout, we might not get through more than one or
two different exercises if we keep going to our single rep maximum.
• Go with a buddy. See what she or he does regularly. It’s probably different than our usual.
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