1. Switch up cardio methods
When you find a cardio method that you really like it's easy to get stuck in that routine and stay doing just that method, but in order to keep things exciting you should switch things up, not to mention it helps weight loss to change things around instead of your body getting used to one thing. Even if its just ten minutes out of your routine to do something different or something like a 5 minute warm up on the treadmill, a workout on the elliptical and then 10 minutes on the bike it can keep things interesting!
2. Time calories with your minutes
This sounds a bit strange but recently I've found this method the most effective lately to pass time in the gym. I keep my calories tied in with my time, so when I have 5 minutes on the elliptical I like to aim to have 50 calories burned. This gets a lot harder once it gets to the 170 calorie mark and you tend to need to work a bit harder to keep it even.
3. Interval training
Interval training is basically low to high intensity workouts dispersed with some resting moments. I find this entertaining and a way to speed through the gym because I'm paying attention to the time and getting to the next minute. I'm usually so focused on "okay it's time to go harder now" that before I know it I'm 20 minutes into my workout!
4. New music and working with it
I love updating my iPod with new, high intensity songs that I find during the week It gives me the same motivation as new workout clothes give to some others. When I get a few new songs I'm dying to go to the gym! I like to workout to the beat of the song too if I'm not doing an interval workout, it's a lot of fun to workout faster and slow down to the rythm of a good song, you don't even see where the time goes.
I hope these tips help you fly through your routine and keep things exciting!
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