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Exercise Tips: Fast Workouts
Your Workout, Only Faster
You don’t need to invest hours at the gym to get a great workout. You just need to know the fastest way to get the results you want
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You: Waste time moving from machine to machine
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You: Perform straight sets
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You: Think cardio and distance running go hand-in-hand
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You: Choose curls for your arms and crunches for your abs
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You: Think you need to exercise for at least 30 minutes
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You: Have a “chest day” and a “back day” and a “leg day”…
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You: Stop moving during rest periods
You: Waste time moving from machine to machine
Instead: Simplify your workout with complexes
You burn more time than calories switching to machines, swapping out equipment, and waiting for the guy who last used the leg press to wipe his sweat off the seat. Quit juggling gym gear and streamline your workout with complexes, a series of exercises performed back-to-back using the same training tool. Here’s how: Perform 30 seconds of dumbbell rows, 30 seconds of shoulder presses, and 30 seconds of squats one after the other without resting between moves. When you complete the third move, rest for 30 seconds and start it all over again for up to five cycles. “It’s a 10-minute total-body fat blast that even the busiest person can fit into his or her schedule,” says Gaddour.
Using one piece of equipment, like dumbbells or resistance bands, to work your total body also makes it easier to perform high-intensity intervals that hike your heart rate, torch calories, and boost metabolism, says Gaddour. “You want to pick a tool that allows you to move seamlessly from one exercise to the next without rest or needing to reset.”
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Trainer Tip: Perform the hardest moves first. “Because you’re using the same load throughout—you can’t set it down and you can’t swap it out—you have to select a weight that allows you to perform with perfect form through your weakest movements,” says Gaddour.
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