When it comes to strength training, freshness can be a challenging concept. Strength training is one of those things that thrives on habit and routine. The trick is to make change part of the routine. In fact, without a certain amount of freshness, our strength training can’t get best results because our bodies develop in response to the stresses we put on them. If we’re always doing the same things the same way, we stop growing.
One easy way to freshen things up in the weight room (ok: not just by cleaning it, although I am 100% in favor of cleanliness and fresh air in the weight room) is to try a new exercise. If finding a new exercise seems like a lot of work, make it even simpler and try a variation on an exercise already in your repertoire (e.g., swap the regular squats for jump squats, sumo squats, prisoner squats, goblet squats, or any of the other million different kinds).
Another approach is to combine exercises into compound movements. This is where we do things like lunge-to-curl or push presses. Not only does this give us a new take on the component parts, but it also works more of our bodies at once, which is just efficient!
Go play.
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