Many people think that doing the same routine every day is going to keep them at optimal, peak fitness. In fact, doing the same workout will not.

Although admittedly doing the same workout every day is better than doing nothing at all, if you’re interested in pushing your body to be strong, and to look and feel how you want it to, it’s essential to diversify, just like you would in an investment portfolio, if you’ll allow me to use corny cliches!

This is usually a little different for guys, as I understand it, because guys are supposed to do a body part a day with weight training, while women can do their arms, legs, thighs and everything else all in one workout and it works the same.

I still don’t quite get this methodology, but hey, it’s been working for men, so I don’t question it.

Since I do my cardio workouts at the gym where I work during the week, I do my Yoga videos on the weekend, so I’m actually doing yoga 2-3 days a week, and alteranting this with the cardio, so in total I’m getting 4-5 days of working out, but it’s with a variety of movements.

The variety of movements not only keeps me from getting bored, but it also helps tone and sculpt my muscles in different ways, since they don’t become “used to” certain movements and they can keep getting better and better with more challenging movement, different angles, longer reps, etc.

If you continue the same old exercise regiment, this is when your muscles tend to get used to the same movements. Your muscles will stagnate, and not become more defined, which is most likely what you would like out of your workout. It’s essential to changes things up a bit every once in a while, both to keep it interesting and to keep those muscles stimulated.

Some of my friends will keep their workouts from getting boring or repetitive by taking books or magazines with them that show them different workout movements, like calastetics for the thighs, arms and abs, or they will hire a personal trainer to keep them motivated and also to keep them doing different things all the time, tapping the potential of a muscle group out for maximum results.

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