MAKING YOUR WORKOUT CHOICE

By adding variety workouts to your routines, you can make it more easier, interesting and challenging at the same time, as you get more complete and safer body workouts. Risk of injury is reduced when the same muscles, bones and joints are not subjected to stress over time doing the same activity.
1. Making the choice ; take aerobics, resistance or mix them up on different days or within the same session. Work on single muscles or group, change time spent on each activity and the rest period in between, what ever works for you.
2. Circuit training ; this involves a continuous change of activity within minimum time e.g 10mins of treadmill for warm up, ten reps of free weights, 10mins of stationary bicycle, 20 reps of jumping jacks. Circuit training mostly involves light to moderate intensity training weight training with aerobic activity, by keeping you moving in between stations. You never lift as much weight as you would when doing your normal weight lifting routine, but increase of number of reps and always stay active, rest for fifteen to thirty seconds. Circuit training increases maximum oxygen uptake than normal training. Other benefits of circuit training reduced BMI, less chance of over stressing muscles, tendons and ligaments, but remember not to rush, properly adjust and arrange each equipment before using it.
3. Interval training ; this a method that alternates pace with time,by changing from slow walking to fast running, you can even combine jogging and brisk walking.
4. Cross training ; cross training involves varying your routine from workout to workout, or within the same session, a lesson intense form of circuit within a single workout.