Working Out Wisely
“Lack of time is only a piece of a much bigger problem.”
Give and Get 100%
A complete fitness program includes nutrition, strength training, cardio work, and rest and recovery. Each provides 25%. If you miss out on one, you’re already at 75%. In school, that’s a C—just average. Add another 5% though, and you’re at 80%—that’s a B−.
Two for the Time of One
Limit your between-set rest periods to 1–3 minutes. Better yet, keep moving. Go from a bench press to a set of crunches, from your pushdowns to a set of rear lunges. You’ll complete two exercises in the time it would take you to do one and rest.
Stretch Yourself
Stretch your muscles after a workout, not before. Post-workout stretching brings oxygenated blood to your muscles, helps clean up lactic acid created by exercise and reduces your chances of next-day soreness.
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Everybody Asks…
If you could recommend just one exercise, what would it be?
A squat press is one exercise that works a lot of muscles. Perform a regular squat with dumbbells, then come up and do a shoulder press. Three to four sets of 10–15 reps works your shoulders, core, hips and glutes.
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