Saturday, 30 April 2016

How to Pump Up the Intensity of Your Workouts

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How to Pump Up the Intensity of Your Workouts
By Paige Waehner

It's that time of year when the sun finally decides to come out for more than a day at a time and all that sunshine means energy!  Or at least the feeling that you need to do more because there's so much daylight.

What I'm noticing is that the body isn't always ready for all that extra activity, but you can make it ready by adding a little intensity to your workouts.  You don't have to go crazy or anything...even just a little change in some of your workouts can help you build endurance and get strong for all that activity.

Bonus - Adding intensity helps you burn more calories, too. 

5 Ways to Add Intensity to Your Workouts 

 It's easy to get stuck in a rut with your strength and cardio workouts, doing the same exercises at the same pace day after day. But, it's always easy to add some variety to your workouts while burning more calories and boosting your endurance.  I have 5 ideas for how to pump up your workouts.

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Try Compound Exercises 
Doing compound exercises - moves that work more than one muscle group at the same time, is an easy way to add intensity to your workouts.  That doesn't mean your workouts will be easy, though.  Sorry. 
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6 Workouts that Help You Burn 100 Calories in Just 10 Minutes 

If you're doing high intensity exercise, you want shorter workouts, right?  I've got 6 workouts you can try that are just 10 minutes long.  They help you boost your intensity in less time.  Put them together for a longer workout, if you're game.

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Step by Step Compound Exercises 

 Need ideas?  I've got a bunch of compound exercises you can start adding to your workouts right now.  You get pictures and a full description of the exercises.  Get to it!

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