Training and Nutrition Insider Secrets for a Lean Body

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Most people stick to workouts where they do something along the lines of 3 sets of 10-12 reps per exercise, with 2-3 minutes rest between sets. Boring!!! Here are a few examples of different methods to spice up your routine.

• Try 10 sets of 3, with only 20 seconds rest between sets
• Try using a fairly heavy weight and complete 6 sets of 6 reps, doing a 3 minute treadmill sprint between each weight lifting set
• Try using a near maximum weight and do 10 sets of 1 rep, with only 30 seconds rest between sets
• Try using a lighter than normal weight and do 1 set of 50 reps for each exercise
• Try a workout based on only one full body exercise, such as barbell clean and presses or dumbbell squat and presses, and do nothing but that exercise for an intense 20 minutes
• Try a workout based on all bodyweight exercises, such as pushups, pull-ups, chin-ups, dips, bodyweight squats, lunges, up and down stairs, etc...
• Try a circuit of 12 different exercises covering the entire body without any rest between exercises
• Try that same 12 exercise circuit on your subsequent workout, but do the entire circuit in the reverse order
• Try your usual exercises at a faster repetition speed on one workout and then at a super slow speed on your next workout
• Try completing six-30 minute workouts one week, followed by 3-one hour workouts the next week. This will keep your body guessing
• Try doing drop sets of all of your exercises, where you drop the weight between each set and keep doing repetitions without any rest until complete muscular fatigue (usually about 5-6 sets in a row)

There are many more ways to continue to change your training variables. This was just a taste of your possibilities. Be creative and get results!