Variety For Fat-Loss
For anyone wanting to shed fat, variety is vital.
Too often people will use the same exercises repeatedly.
All this does is enhance the body's ability to perform the exercise more efficiently.
Meaning it uses less energy.
Simply put, you'll do the same amount of work for less results.
Adding variety prevents this from happening.
The body does not get the opportunity to become more proficient at the movements involved, so it uses more energy during training.
Meaning more calories burned.
This has the added benefit of helping to reduce overuse injuries, common in many beginners.
By rotating exercises often the body can recover fully.
This reduces stress on the joints which are often weak and at risk of being injured if exercised too often before an adequate level of strength is developed.
Many people will argue that they struggle with constantly changing routines.
They feel that they because they only have one session on a given exercise in a week, that they struggle to improve.
Its important to remember the real reason for being in the gym when this happens.
People wanting to get rid of fat, go to the gym to do just that, not to get better at spin class or using the rowing machine.
Every session should be demanding.
If an exercise gets too easy it's time to change.
This simple approach is good for a number of reasons, but 2 that stand out are
The varied exercises should be simple movements like rowing, cycling, swimming etc that do not require a high level of skill to perform safely.
Olympic lifts for instance, require a great deal of technical skill to perform safely, which take regular practice to develop so would are not suited to being trained only once a week or fortnight.
Fat-loss training should be repetitious, so high skill exercises are, in general a poor choice anyway.
For example, 30 rep sets of snatches could easily lead to an injury.
Stick to simple exercises, rotated frequently, with changing variations on the core exercise itself so as to ensure a high energy output during training.
Too often people will use the same exercises repeatedly.
All this does is enhance the body's ability to perform the exercise more efficiently.
Meaning it uses less energy.
Simply put, you'll do the same amount of work for less results.
Adding variety prevents this from happening.
The body does not get the opportunity to become more proficient at the movements involved, so it uses more energy during training.
Meaning more calories burned.
This has the added benefit of helping to reduce overuse injuries, common in many beginners.
By rotating exercises often the body can recover fully.
This reduces stress on the joints which are often weak and at risk of being injured if exercised too often before an adequate level of strength is developed.
Many people will argue that they struggle with constantly changing routines.
They feel that they because they only have one session on a given exercise in a week, that they struggle to improve.
Its important to remember the real reason for being in the gym when this happens.
People wanting to get rid of fat, go to the gym to do just that, not to get better at spin class or using the rowing machine.
Every session should be demanding.
If an exercise gets too easy it's time to change.
This simple approach is good for a number of reasons, but 2 that stand out are
- It will help reduce or prevent injuries (as mentioned above)
- You will force your personal trainer earn their keep by designing good programs that keep you working hard, and burning fat.
Trainers that don't continue to educate, research and develop themselves will struggle to deliver a variety of good sessions continually.
Often they blame the clients diet, or genetics instead of looking at their own approach.
By using consistently changing exercises for fat-loss training sessions, they will need to know, or be willing to learn about the best movements and exercises.
The varied exercises should be simple movements like rowing, cycling, swimming etc that do not require a high level of skill to perform safely.
Olympic lifts for instance, require a great deal of technical skill to perform safely, which take regular practice to develop so would are not suited to being trained only once a week or fortnight.
Fat-loss training should be repetitious, so high skill exercises are, in general a poor choice anyway.
For example, 30 rep sets of snatches could easily lead to an injury.
Stick to simple exercises, rotated frequently, with changing variations on the core exercise itself so as to ensure a high energy output during training.
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