Speed Up Fat Loss by Simplifying Your Workout

You decide it’s time for you to get serious about your workout. So you hit up a trainer, a fitness friend, or a fitness magazine for the latest “fat blasting” workout. This workout happens to involve 10 different exercises with 3 sets per exercise, and requires you to put the workout in your phone so you don’t forget. On top of that, your gym is missing the butt blaster machine so you can’t do the full workout anyway!

Is this not a pain in the ass??

The fitness industry is a multi-million dollar industry, and you better believe that people who make equipment for health clubs are making money by making you think their product is necessary for you. The truth of the matter is, you don’t need to do a bunch of different exercises, or even necessarily be in a gym to get an effective workout. Nothing will produce better results than performing a workout where your effort is a 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10). As long as the exercise(s) you are doing are taxing your muscles and your nervous system to the point where you can barely go on, you WILL see results.

On top of this, the less clutter you have in your brain about all the exercises you need to perform, the more likely you are to get it done. Are you more likely to do 100 squats? Or 3 sets of 10 squats, 3 sets of 10 shoulder presses, 3 sets of 10 hamstring curls, etc etc. You get the point?? The idea is to SIMPLIFY. It will allow you to get more done.

Here are some examples of SIMPLE workouts that will bring you results:

1. Every other day, do 200 kettlebell swings. Pick a weight where you cannot get past 30 reps without stopping. Once you can go no more, put the kettlebell down, regroup, and start over. The goal is to get the 200 reps done as quickly as possible
2. Every other day, do 100 squats with the squat rack. Pick a weight that you cannot get past 20 without stopping. Same idea as above.
3. Every other day, do 10 30-second balls out sprints with a minute rest in between. Make sure you are sprinting AS FAST AS YOU CAN. As you get better at this, decrease the rest time down to 30 seconds gradually.